DutchNews, September 30, 2015
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| Photo: Moritz Kosinsky via Wikimedia Commons |
Dutch MP Hans van Baalen, who leads the VVD
delegation in Brussels, is a paid advisor to the car industry, according to
news website F-site.
Van Baalen, who has had a modest €4,000 role as advisor to
the motoring organisation RAI, now earns €8,000 a year as a supervisory board
member at Mercedes-Benz in the Netherlands, the website says.
Last year Van
Baalen called for ‘fewer rules’ for the car industry in an opinion piece in the
Volkskrant. He also urged the Dutch government to ensure ‘taboo-free’
negotiations with the US over a trade treaty that will make it easier for car
manufacturers to do business in the US and harmonise some rules.
He wrote the
article as VVD leader in the European parliament but did not mention his role
with the RAI, which considers European lobbying to be a key task.
Van Baalen is
also on the Mercedes-Benz payroll as a member of the supervisory board.
Mercedes-Benz is also active in influencing Brussels policy and opposes tougher
environmental roles for car manufacturers.
According to F-site, Van Baalen’s
work conflicts with the strict integrity rules which the VVD applies to its
politicians. These state: ‘you will not hold any other positions which could
form a risk to you carrying out your job with integrity’.
Van Baalen told the
website he did not consider his independence was under threat. ‘I keep the
VVD’s rules. I am not a spokesman for the car industry so there is no problem.
And I do declare my earnings to the tax office.’
He said he did not consider
his comments in the Volkskrant had broken the rules or highlighted a conflict
of interest.
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