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据彭博社2020年9月7日报道，荷兰将投资数十亿欧元，用以执行在疫情爆发已经宣布的一项计划，疫情使该国家经济发展前景雪上加霜。The Netherlands is set to invest billions of euros in its economy, carrying out a plan announced several months before the coronavirus outbreak worsened the outlook.荷兰央行在一份半年度评估声明中表示，荷兰经济有望从2020年中开始 "缓慢而稳定地 "复苏，预计2021年GDP将增长2.9%，2022年将增长2.4%。The Dutch economy is expected to start recovering “slowly but steadily” from middle of year, with GDP expected to increase 2.9% in 2021 and 2.4% in 2022, the country’s central bank said in a statement with half-yearly estimates.根据9月7日的这份声明，荷兰政府计划在五年内拨付200亿欧元（240亿美元）来改善基础设施并刺激研发。这笔钱将由国家投资基金分配，将有助于解决人口老龄化、气候变化和生产力低增长的问题。The Dutch government plans to spend 20 billion euros ($24 billion) over five years to improve its infrastructure and spur research and development, according to a statement Monday. This money, which will be allocated by a national investment fund, will help address an aging population, climate change and low productivity growth.2019年提出的这一举措，是荷兰远离紧缩时代的又一步。为了缓解疫情的影响，政府帮助支撑包括法荷航集团在内的公司。截至7月底，荷兰政府今年已拨出370亿欧元的应急措施专项资金。The move, outlined a year ago, is another step away from an era of austerity in the Netherlands. To soften the impact of the pandemic, the government has helped prop up companies including Air France-KLM and by the end of July, it had earmarked 37 billion euros for this year to finance emergency measures."如果我们要实现未来可持续盈利的能力，需要现在就采取行动，"经济事务部长Eric Wiebes在阿姆斯特丹举行的新闻发布会上说。“We need to act now if we’re going to achieve sustainable earnings capacity for the future,” Economic Affairs Minister Eric Wiebes said at a press conference in Amsterdam.荷兰将于2021年3月举行新的全国选举。
New national elections are due to be held in the Netherlands in March 2021.一个独立委员会将负责审查投资建议。成员将包括Constantijn王子、荷兰国际集团首席经济学家Marieke Blom和前欧元集团主席Jeroen Dijsselbloem。
An independent commission will be tasked with reviewing investment proposals. Members will include Prince Constantijn, ING Groep NV Chief Economist Marieke Blom, and former Eurogroep head Jeroen Dijsselbloem.财政部长Wopke Hoekstra在发布会上表示，政府可能会将该计划延长五年以上。如果是这样的话，其目标是保持每年40亿欧元左右的投资。
The government may extend the program beyond five years, Wiebes and Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra said at the briefing. If that’s the case, it would aim to keep investing around 4 billion euros a year.
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