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Agrarian demonstrators should be wary of parties who have suddenly begun ‘supporting’ them after the fiery Brussels protest.
Thousands of angry farmers participated in Thursday’s revolt against EU environmental policies in front of the European Parliament building in Brussels. The demonstrators blockaded the entire EU district with hundreds of tractors and besieged the Parliament building, and were only stopped at the barricades by the Belgian police’s high-pressure firehoses and tear gas.
Shortly afterwards, it seemed every party now wanted to help the farmers. As the parliamentary group representatives gathered for their Friday pre-plenary press briefings, the green policies they voted into law prompting this conflict were quietly forgotten.
One after the other, the spokesmen all came out to say that the farmers had legitimate concerns and that their group was looking forward to next week’s debate about how to help them the most effectively. The smear that protesting farmers are ‘far right’ magically evaporated.
“Don’t act as if you’re the number one supporter of farmers,” warned ID’s Deputy Secretary-General Tobias Teuscher as the dramatic effects on Brussels functionaries of the protest became obvious at their press events.
“For us, it is clear that we must listen to farmers, we must listen to their concerns,” the socialists’ (S&D) representative, Utta Tuttlies said, adding that “we should not go into nationalistic sentiment against each other.” She said the socialist group was ready to put forward actions all through the food chain, “from farm to fork,” to protect farmers’ income and increase their bargaining power.
“Renew Europe made the sustainable future for farmers a priority,” according to the liberals, boasting that they had secured a place for the farmers’ debate on next week’s plenary agenda. It’s hard to imagine they faced any opposition after Thursday’s protests.
Continued below.
europeanconservative.com
Thousands of angry farmers participated in Thursday’s revolt against EU environmental policies in front of the European Parliament building in Brussels. The demonstrators blockaded the entire EU district with hundreds of tractors and besieged the Parliament building, and were only stopped at the barricades by the Belgian police’s high-pressure firehoses and tear gas.
Shortly afterwards, it seemed every party now wanted to help the farmers. As the parliamentary group representatives gathered for their Friday pre-plenary press briefings, the green policies they voted into law prompting this conflict were quietly forgotten.
One after the other, the spokesmen all came out to say that the farmers had legitimate concerns and that their group was looking forward to next week’s debate about how to help them the most effectively. The smear that protesting farmers are ‘far right’ magically evaporated.
“Don’t act as if you’re the number one supporter of farmers,” warned ID’s Deputy Secretary-General Tobias Teuscher as the dramatic effects on Brussels functionaries of the protest became obvious at their press events.
“For us, it is clear that we must listen to farmers, we must listen to their concerns,” the socialists’ (S&D) representative, Utta Tuttlies said, adding that “we should not go into nationalistic sentiment against each other.” She said the socialist group was ready to put forward actions all through the food chain, “from farm to fork,” to protect farmers’ income and increase their bargaining power.
“Renew Europe made the sustainable future for farmers a priority,” according to the liberals, boasting that they had secured a place for the farmers’ debate on next week’s plenary agenda. It’s hard to imagine they faced any opposition after Thursday’s protests.
Continued below.
Leftist EU Parties Claim They’ve Been on the Farmers’ Side All Along
Agrarian demonstrators should be wary of parties who have suddenly begun ‘supporting’ them after the fiery Brussels protest.
europeanconservative.com
