The ‘G8′ of large farmers’ organizations is currently meeting in the provincial government in The Hague with nitrogen mediator Mark Rutte, Johan Remkes and a number of ministers. The consultation has been disconnected from the consultation already planned for this morning.
Earlier this morning, Remkes, Rutte and associates spoke with organizations that wanted to join immediately, and that in most cases represent organic and nature-inclusive farmers. According to Alex Datema of BoerenNatuur, there was good and constructive consultation, which was ‘about the way in which you should farm in the future’.
The organic farmers call the fact that large organizations such as LTO Nederland, Agractie and Farmers Defense Force were not involved in these consultations as ‘extremely unfortunate’ and ‘not good’. “But I did not get the feeling that their resistance causes the cabinet to want to change the nitrogen targets, on the contrary,” says Bregje Hamelynck of the association for agro-ecological farmers in the Netherlands. of the cabinet clearly hinted.”
Totally not even
The farmers’ organizations that are now sitting around the table with Remkes and Rutte completely disagree with the government’s policy. Earlier this week they refused to talk, but yesterday they announced that they saw enough openings in politics. They do want commitments on a number of crucial points. For example, they want the target date of 2030 for achieving a 50 percent nitrogen reduction to be dropped and they want to get rid of the KDW, a yardstick that indicates when the quality of a nature reserve is endangered by nitrogen.
The question is what the cabinet wants to offer these organizations in the consultations that are currently taking place. Datema van BoerenNatuur: ,,I don’t dare say it either. You notice that the cabinet is looking for openings, but I don’t get the idea that they are going to let go of important objectives.”
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