Economic affairs minister Maria van der Hoeven has no regrets about the liberalisation of the Dutch postal sector, despite the massive job losses at TNT Post, she told MPs on Tuesday, news agency ANP reports.

TNT is cutting some 11,000 jobs because of the rise in popularity of email and competition from budget delivery firms, who pay workers as freelancers.
Van der Hoeven told MPs during a debate she would liberalise the postal market all over again, but would set two important conditions: there should be a level European playing field and that proper working conditions for delivery staff should be guaranteed.
Before ordinary letter post was opened up to competition, ministers and employers agreed the budget delivery firms would make sure they employed 80% of their staff on formal contracts by 2012.
The budget firms, including Sandd and Selekt Mail, are now taking legal action in an effort to break that condition.
Social affairs minister Piet Hein Donner told MPs those conditions would be adhered to, despite the protests.
And he pointed out TNT will only begin sacking delivery workers in a couple of years. By that time, hopefully the labour market will be in need of many extra hands, he said.