They will also serve to increase the medium-term performance of the economy, protect employment and allow for sustainable increases in living standards. Population ageing and pensions I will now turn to the issue of pensions and ageing.
I apologise to all those who, because of the personal choices of many, including my predecessors, were reduced to the colour of their skin. I apologise to everyone who still bears the consequences of those choices even today.” Klaas Knot spoke these words on 1 July 2022, Keti Koti, the annual celebration and commemoration of the abolition of slavery.