Cabinet wants to accelerate nitrogen approach

In the last Council of Ministers before the summer recess, the cabinet approved acceleration proposals from the provinces to reduce nitrogen. For this, the government is drawing €574 million from the transition fund. €250 million will also be made available for the legalization of PAS reporters.

This year it will be €229 million, next year it will be €275 million, that is the intention. In doing so, the cabinet is meeting the wishes of various provinces that insisted on this. By releasing the money early now, nitrogen minister Christianne Van der Wal hopes to speed up the area processes. The government has earmarked a total of more than €30 billion for the transition plan. 

Peter Drenth, deputy for the CDA in the province of Gelderland, tells the NOS that the money is too little to really take steps in the implementation. However, he is pleased that the cabinet is showing initiative. Interest organization Agractie is moderately positive and sees the plans as the start of change, aiming at a possible solution for the PAS reporters. However, Agractie continues to insist that the critical deposition value must be removed from the nitrogen law. Agractie also believes that nitrogen reduction can only take place if there is support for it in the agricultural sector.  

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