Each year, the House of Representatives reviews the budgets of individual ministries. Each week, one or more budgets are discussed. This week, the budget discussions for the Ministries of the Interior and Asylum and Migration are on the agenda. You can follow the debates via the Debat Direct app.

The budget discussion for the Ministry of the Interior starts on Wednesday, 4 February at 11:10 AM. Later in the afternoon, at 4:35 PM, the budget discussion for the Ministry of Asylum and Migration begins. In both debates, members of parliament will give their input on that day. The follow-up debates are a day later, on Thursday, 5 February. For the Ministry of the Interior, this is at 10:15 AM and for Asylum and Migration at 1:30 PM.

Schedule

On Tuesday, 9 December, the House began the budget discussion for General Affairs and the Kings budget. In the coming weeks, other budget debates are on the agenda:

  • in the week of 10 February: Education, Culture and Science and Climate and Green Growth;
  • in the week of 24 February: Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature and Social Affairs and Employment;
  • in the week of 3 March: Defense and Public Health, Welfare and Sport.

Elections

The aim of parliament and government is to have the national budget, presented on Budget Day, adopted before 1 January. This means treatment and approval by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Ministries can then start implementing policy directly in the new year. Due to the elections on 29 October, the debates on the budgets of individual ministries will take place this time only in the period December-March, after the new members of parliament have taken office.

Follow live, read more and watch back

  • Follow the debate on the Ministry of the Interiors budget on Wednesday, 4 February from 11:10 AM via Debat Direct. On Thursday, 5 February from 10:15 AM, watch the continuation via Debat Direct. You can also watch back later via these links. 
  • Follow the debate on the Ministry of Asylum and Migrations budget on Wednesday, 4 February from 4:35 PM via Debat Direct. On Thursday, 5 February from 1:30 PM, watch the continuation via Debat Direct. You can also watch back later via these links. 
  • The debates have automatic live subtitles.
  • After the meeting, also read the summary of the debate.
  • Read more about the steps of the budget, from preparation to reviewing whether goals have been achieved.