"We're talking about historic cutbacks," says Caspar van den Berg, president of the Universities of the Netherlands umbrella body. "It's really striking how research, education, innovation is being hit the hardest of all sectors."
"Although there are exceptions, these parties are typically not interested in research and innovation," says Léonie de Jonge, who specializes in far-right parties at the University of Groningen.
The Netherlands - which punches above its weight in global science - is among the nations seeing drastic changes to its research system, with a budget cut of nearly €1 billion.
Several universities have already frozen hiring over the summer. The University of Amsterdam has described the cuts as the biggest since the 1980s.
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