Most political parties have less money to spend on their campaigns for the June 9 general election, the NRC reports on Tuesday. The paper bases its claims on its own research.

Most parties say the surprise collapse of the government meant they have not had as much time as normal to raise campaign funds.
For example, the Liberal democrats D66 have invested heavily in training new MPs and councillors and the pro-animal party PvdD is without two major financiers who helped pay for its campaign in 2006.
The Liberal party (VVD) is the only one with more cash to spend this year than in 2006 – at least €1.5m, the paper says.
The Christian Democrats expect to spend less than €1.5m this year, well below the 2006 total of €2.3m.
Labour, which also spent €2.3m in 2006 declined to give its budget this time round.
Geert Wilders’ PVV and Rita Verdonk’s populist movment TON also declined to tell the paper how much their campaigns were costing.