by Eric Worrall at Watts Up With That
A new political party which represents farmers who are fed up with police shooting at their kids and threatened evictions for daring to work the land has won a “monster” endorsement from Dutch voters.
Continue ReadingTrump and Le Pen backed these Dutch farmers – now they’ve sprung an election shock
By Sophie Tanno, CNN
Published 5:12 AM EDT, Sun March 19, 2023CNN —
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 (BBB) 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.
The movement was powered by ordinary farmers but has become an unlikely front in the culture wars. Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen have voiced support, while some in the far right see the movement as embodying their ideas of elites using green policies to trample on the rights of individuals…