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FARMERS ACROSS EUROPE FIGHT AGAINST GREEN REGULATIONS THAT THREATEN LIVELIHOODS

July 12, 2022July 12, 2022
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It has been the summer of chaos in the Netherlands after the government came out with new green regulations that farmers in the country say will make it impossible to make ends meet.

Videos emerged on social media that showed tractors forming blockades and confrontations between protesters and police throughout the country. Videos also showed farmers spreading manure on government buildings and slowly driving their tractors on highways. The farmers have been supported by many on social media.

The protests started when Amsterdam announced that it aims to reduce the emissions of nitrogen oxide and ammonia by half, and the plans to achieve that goal will be to reduce livestock and purchase farms that are a large emitter.

Some of the protesters said they aimed to paralyze the country. There have been roadblocks and food distribution centers have been targeted with demonstrations. Fishermen in the country have also blocked harbors in an act of solidarity.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte ruled out negotiating with farmers responsible for radical protests.

“Blockades of distribution centers hurt the citizens of the Netherlands. Supermarkets do everything they can to keep the stores stocked, but if blockades continue, it could lead to people not being able to do their daily shopping,” the Central Bureau for Food Trade said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press.

Farmers in the country see worsening economic conditions.

Jaap Zegwaard, a dairy farmer in the country, told the AP that he would not push the career for his children.

“If you ask me now, I’d say, please don’t even think about it,” the 41-year-old said. “There are so many worries. Life’s much too beautiful to deal with what’s going on in the agriculture sector at the moment. Ask the average farmer: it’s profoundly sad.”

German, Italian, Spanish, and Polish farmers have also launched protests, according to Farmers Weekly. The movement is seen as a campaign against policies seen as “anti-farming.”

German farmers blocked roads into the Netherlands and have lashed out at Berlin’s newly approved renewable energy act.

“It is completely incomprehensible that in the middle of this far-reaching energy crisis, a sustainable domestic energy source such as biogas is being curbed in the production of electricity, heat, and biomethane,” Bernhard Krüsken, secretary-general of the German Farmers’ Association, said, according to thedeepdive.ca.

Farmers in Poland have criticized Warsaw for the spike in costs to manage their farms. They took to the streets in Warsaw and yelled, “Enough is enough! We won’t let ourselves be robbed!”

TRENDPOST: The Trends Journal has been highlighting its “New World Disorder” top trend for more than two years. 

We noted that politicians across the globe are fighting for survival against angry mobs who want to overthrow them. The COVID-19 War and the Ukraine War have been a devastating one-two combination for many economies which has increased their fury against the lack of basic living standards, government corruption, crime, violence and government mandates that help the Bigs and punish the working class. 

In December 2021, we reported how Indian farmers were successful in their protests against Prime Minister Narenda Modi’s proposed farm laws. The laws that were passed in September 2020 essentially deregulated farms from state control and opened the door to new, outside competition. 

The success of the farmers’ protests is evidenced in their resolve to peacefully fight for their rights without backing down. As Gerald Celente continues to note, one of the most important elements of protests is to continue with them day after day, night after night, week after week, month after month… however long it takes to win the battle.

Among the articles detailing the Indian Farm protest and what it took to win, See: 

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