This week Belgian farmers and their supporters gathered in the hundreds, if not thousands, in front of the town hall in Hoogstraten.
Video shows protesters chanting around burning tires as sirens blare.
Later in the day, protesters burst through the doors of city hall and were recorded chanting “hoo-eh!” at the police officers who had rushed in to stop them from proceeding.
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The protest in Belgium follows months of demonstrations in the Netherlands, where Dutch farmers have risen up against the government of globalist Prime Minister Mark Rutte, trying to introduce similar measures that could close up to 30 percent of all livestock farms in the nation. .
Dutch farmers have claimed that other nations within the European Union allegedly have not put in place such draconian measures to protect habitats. Therefore their government is putting them at a disadvantage.
The protesters, who set fires in the streets and tried to storm the city hall, are said to have been angered by the local government voicing support for the national government’s plan to impose limits on nitrogen, a move that would affect disproportionately in agriculture. industry, local newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN) reported.
According to HLN, the protesters had previously filed complaints about the government’s nitrogen policy and were outraged when they learned the municipality would go ahead anyway.
The European Union’s Natura 2000 network mandates that the 27 member states must protect designated habitats in a “sustainable manner, both ecologically and economically”. Therefore, it should reduce nitrogen emissions – promoting widespread unrest.
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