Little or nothing is said about it in Italy, but what has been happening in the Netherlands and Belgium for a few months will most likely also affect our country in the years to come. Thousands of farmers and ranchers are protesting the new environmental measures envisaged by governments preparing legislation that will hit the farming and livestock sectors hard under the guise of cutting carbon emissions.
The newest manifestation Chronologically speaking, it took place on March 11 in The Hague, where, despite the official ban, more than ten thousand people gathered to protest against the Dutch government’s plans to reduce nitrogen emissions in a long line of tractors plying the area’s roads crossed . The protest, organized by Farmers Defense Force (Fdf) and Samen voor Nederland (Together for the Netherlands), comes a few days before regional elections to be held on Wednesday. As a sign of rebellion, many producers displayed upside-down national flags and banners with the slogan “No Farmers, No Food”.
In fact, the Dutch government wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030, pointing the finger at fertilizers and animal waste, which are considered harmful to the environment. Farmers fear that behind this decision there is a risk of expropriation also because of the proposed measures to reduce herds and livestock, because we must not forget that Holland is the leading meat exporting country European Union and among the world’s leading.
Farmers’ protests, which have been going on for several months, also swept through Belgium a few days ago, where 2,700 tractors blocked traffic in Brussels nitrogen schedule the Flemish government. The provision, devised by the Flemish executive, aims to reduce emissions from the agricultural sector by introducing financial levies on the sectors that start the most emissions, starting with pig farming, threatening the existence of many companies.
As he explains Eva Vlaardingerbroek, Dutch conservative activist on the front line in defense of the peasants told ilHiornale.it: “This is an issue that concerns us all. If we allow the Dutch government to dispossess our farmers and we allow our constitutional rights to not be respected in this way, then it is a matter of time before they come after the rest of us.”
Although these protests go almost unnoticed in the Italian media, they are a deeply felt issue in the Netherlands and this was also the case on social media Elon Musk Ask for more information on the question ‘What laws do you want the government to change?’
The risk that these measures will also be implemented in the rest of Europe and in Italy in the coming years is real and will strike if, on the one hand, a policy favoring synthetic food or insect consumption is favored, and, on the other hand, farmers and breeders with influence on an industry , which employs tens of thousands of people and which determinesfood supply by hundreds of millions of people. Once again we face an attempt to change our lifestyle, attacking the eating habits of each of us and destroying sectors that have historically been part of the European economy.