Regulatory Alerts2026-04-10
FD Column by Laura van Geest: 'A Capable Government, From Promise to Action'
AFM CEO Laura van Geest critiques the vague political promise of a 'capable government,' highlighting systemic failures in housing supply, infrastructure maintenance, asylum reception, and legislative pacing that consistently prioritize announcements over execution. She argues that substandard public services often function as implicit deterrents and that political incentives reward media-friendly openings rather than necessary repairs or accountability. To bridge the gap between policy and implementation, she advocates for pragmatic risk management, parallel processing, standardization, and the strategic adoption of AI to transform bureaucratic promises into tangible results.
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