Arts budget debated in second chamber: hardly any discussion on 200 million cut to performing arts

We attended a debate day in The Hague that was as inconspicuous as it was historic on 13 December 2010: it was about the budget of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the (first?) Rutte government, and that was the budget in which, at the request of the supporting party PVV, the amount to be cut in the arts budget was set at 200 million, with heritage and museums to be spared. So that meant halving the budget for the performing arts. Also, in the tax plan, VAT o...