The four coalition parties making up the right wing Dutch government have still not reached agreement on their spring financial statement and talks are continuing on Tuesday.

The annual spring statement is supposed to include adjustments to last September’s budget, but is also an opportunity for the coalition to agree additional budgetary measures.

However, this year’s talks have remained bogged down in agreeing how much financial leeway there is for new policy. Under cabinet rules, all windfalls for the treasury are supposed to go towards reducing the national debt.

NSC negotiator Nicolien van Vroonhoven told reporters after Monday’s talks that the four parties had “not made much progress”.

“There is a lot of distance between us,” she said. “We all want a lot of things but the question remains how we are going to pay for it all.”

Both the NSC and BBB say the talks need to be finalised on Tuesday evening so they can be discussed by the cabinet ahead of the Easter break. The VVD and PVV declined to comment on the progress.

The four parties all want different things, but are united on the need to lower energy bills.

The VVD is also calling for increased spending on defence, the PVV wants to freeze rents and cut value added tax on groceries, while the BBB wants additional funding to tackle the nitrogen-based pollution crisis.