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The rise of the Farmer-Citizen Movement or BoerburgerBeweging (BBB) 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 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…
2023-03-19 04:12:24
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