
Ignore the ‘Far-Right’ Slurs—The Fighting Farmers Are Simply Right
Tarring farmers with the ‘far-right’ brush is a sure sign that the EU elites fear they are losing control of the political agenda.
Tarring farmers with the ‘far-right’ brush is a sure sign that the EU elites fear they are losing control of the political agenda.
Farmers’ leaders say the Socialist government assured them their protests were legitimate but told police “to beat them.”
Recent small demonstrations show promise, but pundits are concerned by the “barriers” to wider action, including not having clearly-defined goals.
The rise of farmer protests in Poland has further heightened the country’s existing political tensions.
“If they don’t punish us for protesting, [they’ll punish us] in a couple of years for driving our diesel tractors … ‘You will have nothing and you will be happy,’ that is what they are looking for,” said one farmer.
The Commission dropped the planned 30% CO2 cut in the agricultural sector to appease protesters, but the newly set 90% overall reduction by 2040 will force farmers to comply anyway.
Bucharest surrenders by striking a deal with protestors, promising major policy reversals.
The European Greens push for earlier climate neutrality and a ‘federal’ EU in new election manifesto.
Agrarian demonstrators should be wary of parties who have suddenly begun ‘supporting’ them after the fiery Brussels protest.
The very nature of the protest highlighted the fact that the farmers believe their backs are against the wall.