The Netherlands will keep its €1bn yearly rebate on its European Union contributions but this will be viewed as a bonus rather than cash back, Trouw reports on Friday.

‘The Netherlands will get its €1bn,’ EU commissioner Janusz Lewadowski told Radio 1 news on Thursday.
The measure was agreed in 2005 but is due to expire in 2014, when the EU’s new seven-year budget comes into force.
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Earlier this week, sources told news agency ANP the Netherlands may be able to keep 50% of its rebate.
The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled its plans to amend the complex rebate scheme, boost its own income through EU taxes and shift more resources from farming to research and innovation.
The proposals include an increase in spending by 5% for the period 2014 to 2020 – a move which will generate strong resistance from a number of countries, including the Netherlands, Germany, the UK and France.
They have all already made it clear they want the EU budget to be frozen, or rise no more than inflation. In June, a majority of MPs told prime minister Mark Rutte he must go for an absolute freeze in EU spending.