Welcome to a super special episode of Facts Matter from the Netherlands! We are in Amsterdam, covering the farmers’ protests that have sprung up across the entire country, with the farmers fighting back against parliamentary regulations, which were essentially kneecapping a lot of them.
They told me that between 30 percent to 50 percent of the local farmers here would have to shut down. So it’s a big, big deal. We’ve been driving around the country for the last three or four days speaking with the farmers, speaking with truckers, speaking with the people who support them, and speaking with a scientist who explained to us what the whole nitrogen debate is all about.
And we even got to speak with a member of parliament who is part of the opposition party, fighting back against these regulations. So we’ll be releasing these interviews one by one over the course of the next few days, starting this episode with Member of Parliament Thierry Baudet.
