Belgian government open to selling shares in Bpost (translated) - http://bit.ly/2gmwVLq tidj.be
The Belgian government is open to selling part of its share in Bpost, the Belgian postal company, the Belgian vice prime minister Alexander De Croo told the Belgian daily De Tijd in an interview.
The Belgian government currently has a majority share in Bpost. De Croo said it is not taboo for him to sell part of it, so that the government owns less than 50% in the company, De Tijd reported. The vice prime minister said he does not know if Bpost will continue to be a state company for many more years, but he did mention that there is no need for the government to cling on to the company.
In the De Tijd interview, De Croo also responded to the failed takeover of Dutch postal company PostNL by Bpost. He criticized the Dutch government for interfering in the process and said that he thought the Dutch government would never go this far to prevent the takeover from happening. PostNL had rejected the takeover bid by Bpost on Wednesday. De Croo said he believes that a deal would have been made if the Dutch government would not have interfered, De Tijd said.