The Dutch government plans to reduce the number of livestock to achieve "emission reduction", and the peasants will open the tractor to block the road.

▲ On June 28, farmers demonstrated with cows outside the Hague Parliament building.

Due to the dissatisfaction with the government's ammonia emissions plan, Dutch farmers continued to protest on the 3rd local time on the 3rd, blocking the main traffic lines of several cities. As of now, the rumored protests have continued, and last week, farmers have brought cows to parliament uniquely last week.

According to Reuters, Amsterdam's busy Stukipu Airport suggested that passengers use public transport instead of self -driving to the airport, because farmers' radical organizations have previously stated on social media that they plan to use tractors to block the road.

According to reports, on the 4th local time, a large number of farmers drove the mighty tractor outside the distribution center of the chain supermarket in northern Amsterdam. The sign and banner posted on the tractor "Our farmers, our future". The local supermarket calls on the police to take action, otherwise the supermarket will face out of stock. Fan Horne, a 23 -year -old milk farmer from the central part of Undelz, said that the government's plan is depriving young farmers' future. "As a young farmer, we do not want to take over a farm," he said.

This round of protests originated from Dutch farmers' anger for government ammonia emission plans. According to the plan released by the Dutch government in June, in order to achieve the goal of the country's nitrogen emissions by 2030, the number of farm livestock and the use of ammonia -containing fertilizer need to be reduced, which will force farmers to reduce the scale of livestock breeding by 30 %. The government stipulates that provinces must determine the steps to achieve the goal before July 1, 2023. Due to the different quality, water and soil quality in different areas of the Netherlands, the target of nitrogen reduction will also change between 12%and 70%. However, farmers call these plans unrealistic and seriously affect their livelihood. They said that in the proposed plan, the government did not let them clearly understand their future.

The Netherlands is an important exporter of agricultural products in the world. The agricultural export volume in 2021 was 104.7 billion euros ($ 111 billion). Among this small country with a population of 17.5 million, a large number of animals are densely distributed, including nearly 4 million cattle, 12 million pigs and 100 million chickens. As a result, agricultural animal husbandry has also caused more serious nitrogen oxide pollution. The Netherlands is one of the countries with the largest emissions of European greenhouse gas (especially nitrogen).

Fan Derwol, Minister of Natural Policy in the Netherlands: "These plans have a huge impact on many families," but she added that farmers have 8 years of transition to achieve government nitrogen reduction targets. The government refers to the "inevitable transition".

▲ On June 22, a demonstration held in Dutch Stello.

Since the government promulgated the ammonia fertilizer plan, the protests of Dutch farmers have continued. Farmers organized several peaceful protests. On the 28th of last month, the farmers also brought two cows to the parliamentary building of the Hague to threaten them to protest their government's nitrogen reduction target.

In addition, some protests were upgraded to violent activities, and the number of police cars was destroyed. Farmers burned straw on the road and set up roadblocks, causing traffic jams.

Last weekend, the Dutch government appointed a mediation person to host negotiations between farmers' organizations and government to formulate measures to reduce pollution. Prime Minister Lutter has ruled out the farmers negotiating with radical protests. He said last week: "In this country, it is unacceptable to create a dangerous situation or intimidation." "There are deep -level administrative heavyweights" and expressed their willingness to talk to them.

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Author: Shen Qinhan

Edit: Lu Shuwen

Editor in charge: Song Yan

Picture: Twitter

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