Middelkerke wants the restaurant in question to reopen very soon. So Middelkerke now pays one million to temporarily take over the trading fund and all its contents. “Those people have invested 4 million euros. If you can take this over for one million, then I call this a good deal.”
The opposition sees it completely differently. Frederick Spaey, leader of the opposition list Respect: “We have very serious questions about this. The amount of one million would reflect the investment of the two million invested by the Kompas Group. Elsewhere we hear 4 million. But there is no evidence to prove that these amounts are correct.”