Green Dictatorship? Netherlands Politicians Answering to the EU instead of Voters
14 hours ago Eric Worrall 47 Comments
Essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Breitbart; The EU sees no reason to allow the Netherlands to change course, despite a resounding rejection of EU agriculture policies during recent elections.
BBB and VVD denounce ‘interference’ by Diederik Samsom, who advised the Netherlands to buy out farmers
The Netherlands has been advised by Diederik Samsom, who works for the European Commission, to oblige some of the farmers to be bought out because of the nitrogen crisis. Various parliamentarians want clarification about the ‘interference’ of the former PvdA leader. European Commissioner Frans Timmermans would then ‘like’ to talk to BBB leader Caroline van der Plas.
Interior editorial 22-03-23, 07:49 Last update: 3/22/23, 2:59 PM
The NOS and research platform Follow the Money revealed Samsom’s role after viewing documents. Caroline van der Plas (BBB), together with her colleagues from VVD and JA21, asks the minister for a response to this ‘strange interference’ by Diederik Samsom. “He’s not even an elected representative of the people,” she tweeted. PVV leader Geert Wilders is even more outspoken: ‘Unelected PvdA mastodon Diederik Samsom wants to tear the Netherlands down completely from the Brussels backrooms. How I long for a #nexit.’
Following the outrage, Commissioner Frans Timmermans is ‘pleasant’ to talk to BBB leader Caroline van der Plas about a solution to the nitrogen crisis. She is very welcome. I am very happy to receive it,” says the climate man of the European Commission. Timmermans is happy to explain the European rules to the BBB leader, he says. But he insists that the Netherlands must then make choices itself, for example whether farmers should be able to choose for themselves whether to be buy out or whether they can be forced to do so. That is not up to us.”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/03/24/green-dictatorship-netherlands-politicians-answering-to-the-eu-instead-of-voters/
