The House has many questions about the nationalization of SNS. In the parliamentary debate that is taking place today was Minister of Finance Jeroen Dijsselbloem (PvdA) a barrage of questions about the bailout of the banking and insurance. "What happened last week, should never happen again," said Labour MP Henk Nijboer.
The chagrin about the nationalization - which 3.7 billion euros - was shared by all parliamentary groups. "Could not really different?" Asked Christian Union parliamentarian Carola Schouten himself. "Many people are downright sick of banks are upheld by the government, while they themselves are caught by hard cuts," says SP MP Arnold Merkies.
PVV MP Teun van Dijck is furious at the former executives of SNS. "Where is the mea culpa?" He snorted. "And now we get as new executives again the old boys' network."
PVDA AND CDA TO CHANGE ATTITUDES OF BANKS
According PvdA Nijboer was the nationalization necessary to protect people's savings. According to him, the banking sector is far too focused on short-term profits and bankers have little self-reflection. He advocates a change in mentality.
CDA MP Eddy Hijum wants guarantees are there to prevent nationalized banks such as ABN AMRO and SNS lapse back into old habits when they turn on their own come to be:
"When banks will be sold by the State must guarantee come as a minority or golden share for the state."
The SP wants the nationalization does not lead to additional savings. 'The financial sector should contribute more substantially and the salary of the new SNS CEO should significantly down, "said Merkies.
QUESTIONS ABOUT CONTRIBUTION TO RESCUE BANKS SNS
The banking sector contributes jointly billion euros to the rescue of SNS. VVD MP Mark Harbers Dijsselbloem want to know how this amount has been reached. "Please provide a detailed justification," he asked the minister. From Hijum wants to know the contribution of the banks means for lending to businesses and individuals.
Harbers also had questions about the supervision of De Nederlandsche Bank and on applying the new Intervention. The Act gives the Minister possibilities to intervene in banks that are in trouble.
ROOM VERY CRITICAL OF SALARY SNS NEW CEO
In the beginning of the debate, there was also the necessary attention to the salary of 550,000 euros that the new SNS CEO Gerard van Olphen will earn. Nijboer (PvdA) called this amount "bizarre and highly undesirable." Other parties requested a motion to support the Labour Party in which the remuneration is reduced to the Balkenende norm, about 180,000 euros. "The contracts are signed," said Nijboer thereon.