The Labour party (PvdA) has amended its manifesto plans to boost the economy and make savings in light of the Greek crisis, party leader Job Cohen said on Tuesday.

Earlier, the Financieele Dagblad quoted inside sources who said the party was planning to cut taxes and some spending to raise an extra €10bn.
The government’s macro-economic forecaster CPB says the next government will need to find an extra €29m to get the treasury back on track.
But the original Labour party manifesto only included pledges to deal with €10m, a position which had been heavily criticised by economists.
Polls
On Monday, two senior Labour economists said the Liberal party’s plans would be best for the economy. The Liberals and Labour are neck and neck in the opinion polls.
Cohen told Nos tv, Labour is now planning to cut the second tax bracket from 42% to just under 40%. That would boost employment and raise more money for the treasury, he said.
The Financieele Dagblad said Labour also plans to cut medical specialist and public sector manager pay, make health insurance premiums income dependent and increase rents for high earners in public sector housing.
Economic plans
The PvdA will publish the revised economic proposals on Thursday, the same day that the CPB publishes its assessment of the economic plans drawn up by all the parties contesting the June 9 election.
Both the VVD and CDA reacted with surprise to Labour’s move. VVD MP Stef Blok said the change showed the party done a u-turn because it had no idea what direction to take.