THE HAGUE: The Netherlands announced on Tuesday (Feb 26) the surprise purchase of a stake in Air France-KLM, saying it needed to protect Dutch ...
THE HAGUE: The Netherlands announced on Tuesday the surprise purchase of a stake in Air France-KLM, saying it needed to protect Dutch interests after a series of rows about the alliance's management.
"The aim is to eventually get to a position equal to that of the French state," which has a 14.3-per cent stake, Hoekstra added. "It is essential to respect the principles of good governance and for Air France-KLM to be managed ... without state interference," Le Maire told Les Echos newspaper. In a sign of the tensions, Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith rushed to the Netherlands for"intensive" talks with Hoekstra and another Dutch minister on February 15 over KLM's future in the Franco-Dutch alliance and Elbers' position.
Hoekstra meanwhile brought up the issue with his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire at a recent meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels.
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