“Belgian Minister Denies Conflict of Interest in Bpost and Newspaper Distribution Contract Files”

With this, the minister again denies that there would be a conflict of interest. “The employees did not focus so much on files that concern Bpost itself, but rather on files that had to do with regulations. They provided technical support, but did not intervene in the political decision-making process.”

This is also the case in the case of the newspaper distribution contract, according to De Sutter. “An employee without a Bpost connection was active in the newspaper concession file. He was only technically supported in the first meetings by one of the two seconded Bpost employees. At no point did they represent the cabinet, nor did they attempt to influence positions. Such decisions are made at a political level, a level above them.”