ITHome reported on October 27 that, according to Bloomberg, the Dutch government announced a major push into AI to improve administrative efficiency, planning to gradually cut 25,000 government jobs, with layoffs accounting for about 16% of the total number of Dutch government employees,ultimately aiming to save 3.5 billion euros (ITHome note: about 26.152 billion yuan at current exchange rates)。
According to reports, the Dutch government hopes to use AI to improve efficiency and raise productivity by 20%. It also plans to streamline regulations to reduce government workload,the government has already planned to abolish or simplify 500 regulations per year。
At the same time,the Dutch government will in the future require two employees to share one desk, and the government will also sell idle office buildings and standardize its IT systems.This round of layoffs will not affect police and defense positions, but standing advisory committees and advisory bodies are not exempt.
The Dutch government has previously passed multiple motions related to using AI to boost productivity,and will continue to push forward cost reduction and efficiency improvements in the future. By the end of 2025, the number of Dutch central government staff reached 160,000, an increase of 41% compared with 2018.