The House was less accommodating than Koolmees seemed to hope. Several parliamentarians asked the NS director whether he could do more to save costs, for example by divesting foreign activities or refraining from investing in new trains. “Penny wise, pound foolish,” Koolmees responded to that last idea. Parties such as PVV, NSC, VVD, D66 and Denk are not eager to open their wallets, but GroenLinks-PvdA is in favor of extra money.
NS asks for more money to prevent expensive train tickets, Chamber hesitates
