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ING suggested that planned salary increases should be coordinated with the Ministry, but this is not the case, according to internal documents of the Ministry of Finance, which asked the newspaper via the law on the issue. Public Access Act (WOB).

the correspondence turns out to be a friction between The Hague and ING for years at the top of the awards. For example, in 2013, Minister Dijsselbloem had then asked for a lower salary than the new general manager of ING, Ralph Hamers, the bank that had been spared a few years earlier with 10 billion euros in tax revenue. This only happened after a lot of pressure from The Hague. A salary lower than that of Rabobank's boss was unacceptable, however.

ING informed the newspaper that "nothing should be added at this time" to the statements made by the Supervisory Board earlier this year when he was removed from his post. compensation proposal and at the shareholders meeting of the bank. About the talks with The Hague, a spokesman said: "Our policy is not to communicate about the content of our contacts with authorities such as the ministry."