Jeroen Dijsselbloem Minster of Finance wants politicians after their careers at The Hague did not immediately go to a top position in the financial sector. He advocates a ‘cooling off’ period of a few years.
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says the minister in discussion with Vrij Netherlands: “I think it vulnerable that ministers and other politicians who are responsible for a particular policy or direct shortly thereafter went to work for companies in the same sector. As Camiel Eurlings, who went from Transport to KLM. There are more examples.
When asked whether he is referring to his predecessor Gerrit Zalm, the current chief executive of ABN Amro who immediately after his ministry to joining the controversial DSB Dirk Scheringa Dijsselbloem says: “I think it vulnerable. You awakens in such cases immediately apparent conflict of interest, even if you have neatly separated until the last day of your ministry. You do not need a professional ban for the rest of your life, but I am in favor of a cooling off period of a few years.
Intertwining
In this regard Dijsselbloem agrees with Joris Luyendijk, author of the bestseller This can not be true on abuses in the financial sector, which denounces the intertwining of politics and finance
Dijsselbloem called the book” required reading. ” “Especially what he writes about the culture in the City of London I find very revealing, perhaps in part also works as in the Netherlands. But his assertion that since the crisis, absolutely nothing has changed and that the policy would all be bullshit, that’s what I do not agree. “
According to the Minister, the Netherlands has the highest pay legislation and stringent capital requirements of the European Union. “Banks need a minimum of four percent of their balance sheets show consists of equity. The requirements may go up from me otherwise. “
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