By Toby Sterling

AMSTERDAM, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The Netherlands should sharply increase technology investment and shake up its labour market to safeguard the EU country’s long-term prosperity, a government-commissioned ‍report said.

Friday’s recommendations on how to revive weak productivity growth by former ASML CEO Peter Wennink echo those on European Union competitiveness in the 2024 Draghi report.

Draghi called for spending 150 billion euros ($176 billion)over the next decade to attract investment in projects from AI data ‌centres to drones and small modular nuclear reactors.

The ‌report by Wennink, who in 2023 described the Netherlands as becoming “fat, dumb and happy”, is expected to influence ongoing coalition talks on forming a new Dutch government.

Rob Jetten of the centrist D

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