The leader of the Netherlands' top agricultural lobby group said that a first round of talks Friday with a delegation led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte about the government's nitrogen emissions reduction goals delivered 'at the moment, too little' for thousands of farmers living in uncertainty.
Demonstrating farmers slow down traffic on a motorway near Venlo, southern Netherlands, on July 4, 2022. The leader of the Netherlands' top agricultural lobby group said that a first round of talks Friday with a delegation led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte about the government's nitrogen emissions reduction goals delivered "at the moment, too little" for thousands of farmers living in uncertainty.
"The Cabinet did not want to make more concessions, the Cabinet apparently needs more time to prepare for the next talks," he said. Rutte has criticized what he said are small groups of farmers who he says have endangered others with the nature of their protests. "Willfully endangering others, damaging our infrastructure and threatening people who help clean up is beyond all limits," he wrote on Twitter last week.
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