Hard right makes hay with European farmers' anger ahead of June elections
Europe’s farmers are angry, and staging their biggest protests in half a century
By RAF CASERT
Published - Apr 18, 2024, 03:18 AM ET
Last Updated - Apr 18, 2024, 03:18 AM EDT
ANDEREN, Netherlands (AP) — Inside the barn on the flat fields of the northern Netherlands, Jos Ubels cradles a newborn Blonde d'Aquitaine calf, the latest addition to his herd of over 300 dairy cattle.
Little could be more idyllic.
Little, says Ubels, could be more under threat.
As Europe seeks to address the threat of climate change, it's imposing more rules on farmers like Ubels. He spends a day a week on bureaucracy, answering the demands of European Union and national officials who seek to decide when farmers can sow and reap, and how much fertilizer or manure they can use.
