The Dutch farmers have characterized the first round of negotiations with Prime Minister Mark Rutte as disappointing, with some declaring “stronger” actions will follow the meeting.
On Friday, the first round of talks was held in Utrecht between major farming organizations including LTO, which represents around 35,000 farmers, and the globalist government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte and his hand-picked “mediator”, former deputy prime minister Johan Remkes. [bold, links added]
Rutte apologized to the farmers, according to public broadcaster RTV Drenthe, for causing “great confusion” over the so-called “nitrogen card”, laying out the areas that would have to cease farming activity as a result of the EU-based ‘wildlife protection’ scheme that the Dutch government has used to justify plans to cut nitrogen emissions in half by 2030.
The plan could see as much as 30 percent of farms shut down, which some have claimed is nothing more than an attempt by the state to grab land that has been held in private ownership for generations.
Despite admitting that the map laid out by the government was inaccurate and led to “misunderstandings” amongst farmers, the globalist prime minister refused to back away from his 2030 agenda, much to the dismay of the farming organizations.
Rutte described the meeting as “an open conversation” that had displayed “a lot of emotions and great concerns”.
However, farmers were more direct in sharing their disappointment over the meeting.
Bart Kemp, a farmer from Ede, told the regional public broadcaster Omroep Gelderland that he expects a “beautiful, positive action” to be held on Saturday, saying: “There will be tractors and farmers who hand out products. And I expect there will also be stronger actions.”
Mark van den Oever of Farmers Defence Force said: “If I get a little taste of the mood, I think you can get ready for the hardest actions FDF has ever taken… We’re not going to dwell on that, but we’re definitely going to escalate.”
Both before and after the meeting on Friday, farmers were witnessed setting bales of hay on fire on motorways throughout the country, as well as dumping waste on highways to serve as makeshift road blockades.
The protests, which have now entered their third month, have seen farmers use tractors to block off key infrastructure such as airports.
Last week, a group of farmers blocked the entrance to a paper mill to demonstrate against the apparent hypocrisy of the government’s nitrogen limits, given that the factory emits more nitrogen than any farm in the region, yet was not threatened with being shut down under the green push.
While the protests have been disruptive, they have been mostly peaceful. However, police forces have been accused of being heavy-handed in cracking down on the farmers, with a teenage boy nearly being shot by one officer last month for driving a tractor “threateningly“.
Last week, a group of officers in Almelo were filmed beating protesters with batons as they had gathered to defend a mural outside the town hall which read “no farmers, no food”.
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Go Green Go Broke and wreck your Nation as well Eco-Freak Stupidity
Notice how farmers ( the majority are conservatives ) want to produce a cornucopia of food and earn a living, while socialists push miserly energy policy and abortion. We know what’s good for us and what isn’t. If the activists are so concerned about emissions, they might consider the food they eat. I searched the internet for foods that make us pass gas, and it turns out that most everything we ingest creates “emissions” . Kale, brussel sprouts, cabbage, beans of course, but one list (10 foods that make gas) included chewing gum. Why? When you chew gum, air gets in your stomach and what goes in must get out!!! So I conclude that farmers are not the problem, it’s the consumers. The truly committed environmentalists should stop pointing fingers and go on a global hunger strike. Set an example! After all, every one of us inhales air containing 420 ppm CO2, then multiply that by a factor of 100 and emit 40,000ppm CO2, all the while farting and burping like cattle.
Not all us are preachy hypocrites.
This is hardly surprising. There is no common ground to be found and no compromise the Cabal puppets will come round to.
Australian farmers are also in the frame, but most still think the usual non-leftist politicians will save the day. This, of course, is straw-clutching of the most pointless order.