Marshall Matters Podcast

Eva Vlaardingerbroek on the Dutch farmers' revolt

It seems some sort of people’s revolution is aswirl in the Netherlands. The Boer Burger Beweging (BBB or Farmer–Citizen Movement), a newly formed political party representing the farmers, won the most seats in the Dutch provincial elections. This being the culmination of three and a half years of nationwide demonstrations. Demonstrations, I note, from a country not famous for demonstrating…

Eva Vlaardingerbroek @EvaVlaar

🇳🇱 UPDATE on the Dutch elections! The final votes have been counted. The BBB (farmers citizens movement) gained a staggering 17 seats and the ruling parties have suffered severe losses and won’t reach a majority - not even with the help of the Green Party + Labour. #DutchFarmers

So what exactly happened?

Dutch legal philosopher, political activist, writer and commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek has been stood at the forefront of many of the protests. Eva joins me in London to explain how and why the farmers movement came about. From the so-called nitrogen crisis of 2019 through the various contentions between the Dutch government and the working people.

Eva Vlaardingerbroek @EvaVlaar

🇳🇱Our farmers are fighting against the worst kind of injustice: a government that has turned on its own people. The government created a lie to rob our farmers of their land. But we won’t let it happen. Our #DutchFarmers are an example to the world. My speech with 🇬🇧 subtitles.

If this is indeed a clash between a technocratic worldview of an elite focussed on battling climate apocalypse at all costs, and the realities of normal working people, can there be a compromise? Should there be a compromise? And if government proposes policy to halve livestock in the world’s second biggest agricultural producing nation, you’d think they’d have good reason…

Eva takes me on a history of what happened, why it has happened, and what the election portends for the future. We also discuss the case against Net Zero and her plans for Nexit - the Dutch withdrawal from the EU.

All this and more…

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Thank you Eva,

WM