Brussels wants the Netherlands to do something about the mortgage deduction. This meddling focuses on a financial advantage of the mortgage in part.

Brussels ‘forgets’ to look at the complete wallet of the Dutchman. The Netherlands therefore does not rightly point out the following points:

1. The NL government forbids, their calculation rules, pension indexations that have already been able to do. Retirees are disadvantaged.
2. Savings tax: Brussels says nothing about this theft by the government.
3. A Dutchman a lot of tax on a car A Ford Mustang in Belgium and Germany: 58,000 euros. In the Netherlands: 108,000 euros. A BPM of 50,000 euros! A very large inequality compared to direct neighbours.
4. A Dutchman financial contribution, from the EU side effects.
5. Food costs are higher than in a neighboring country like Germany.

In short, Brussels may be critical, but important costs and disadvantages must be taken into account.

So that’s cherry picking through Brussels. The question is who will inform officials in Brussels.

Peter Vereecken, Haarlem