Divisions are already looming between ministers about how to cut €35bn off the budget to get government spending back under control.

Although no formal proposals have yet been made, home affairs minister Guusje ter Horst said at the weekend the police should be spared.
‘New police spending cuts are not on the table and would be irresponsible as far as I am concerned,’ Ter Horst was quoted as saying in the Volkskrant.
Foreign minister Maxime Verhagen told a conference it would be very shortsighted to cut the defence ministry budget in ‘this uncertain world’.
And, according to the Financieele Dagblad, he also criticised Labour suggestions that the top tax rate be raised to 60%. That would be ‘a classic mistake, which would only make the Dutch and the Netherlands poorer,’ he was reported as saying.
No taboos
The ministers’ statements would appear to contradict a cabinet commitment to there being no taboos in terms of potential cuts.
Twenty special commissions are currently going through all aspects of government policy, looking for ways to slash spending or boost treasury income. Their reports are due before June and final decisions are timetabled to come before the 2011 budget presentation in September
Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende has also said he is opposed to suggestions to increase the top tax rate to 60%.
Big cities
On Sunday night the mayors of Amsterdam, the Hague, Rotterdam and Utrecht also launched a plea for no cuts in spending on the police.
‘The big cities are the main suppliers of newspaper crime stories,’ said Utrecht mayor Aleid Wolfsen during a debate in Amsterdam.
Education should also be spared the government axe, the mayors said. Education is the key to involving problem youth in society, the Hague mayor Jozias van Aartsen said.