[2][3] Post Danmark had been selected by the Belgian Government a partner because it would assist bpost in modernizing the company.

[4] Bpost is accused of having entered into spurious contracts with the Belgian Government, overstating costs for delivering newspapers to receive elevated subsidies and a host of other allegedly fraudulent operations.

In April 2023 Bpost was forced to admit it had broken European competition rules and had overcharged by tens of millions of Euros amid reports of secret deals between the company and the Belgian state.

According to journalists, most of these subsidies and fees are questionable and are the result of close ties between the Belgian state and the company.

[5] Bpost use monopoly power to allegedly make questionable price-fixing agreements with publishers DPG media and Mediahuis, as was revealed by an internal audit in 2023.