The European Commission has definitively approved the state aid granted to AEGON N.V. in 2008. This means that the European Commission is of the opinion that AEGON will take sufficient measures to guarantee the viability in the long-term.

The Netherlands welcomes and adopts the outcome of the EU stress test.

At the initiative of the Dutch and French governments Europe will introduce a new way to tackle tax fraud. A special network of fraud experts and digital exchange of data is to ensure that tax fraud is detected and combatted faster and more effectively.

Foreign companies continue to invest in the Netherlands, creating employment opportunities primarily in the Randstad (a large conurbation comprising four major cities: Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam).