A farmers’ protest party in the Netherlands has caused a shock after winning provincial elections this week just four years after their founding.
Could their rise have wider implications? The Farmer-Citizen Movement or BoerburgerBeweging grew out of mass demonstrations against the Dutch government’s environmental policies, protests that saw farmers using their tractors to block public roads. The BBB is now set to become the largest party in the Dutch senate. The developments have thrown the Dutch government’s ambitious environmental plans into doubt and are being watched closely by the rest of Europe.
” “They want farmers to have a place in the Netherlands. That’s their main topic but it became broader in these last few months. It’s become the vote of people living in these farming areas, outside the big cities, against the people in the big cities making the policies and being more international.” Rejecting climate policies The Farmer-Citizen Movement was established four years ago in response to the government’s proposals for tackling nitrogen emissions.
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