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AMSTERDAM, March 11 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Dutch people carrying flags and banners farmer to the government’s plans to limit nitrogen emissions in The Hague on Saturday protest began to gather to do, this policy will be the end of many farms.
A separate one held on the eve of regional elections in the country on March 15 protest environmentalists in action promoting the use of fossil fuels tax to the rules protest to do of the day they were expected to close the city’s main highway in the late hours.
Farmer says the government’s plans to limit nitrogen pollution will lead to the closure of many livestock farms and reduced fertilizer use. Similar protests were held in Belgium this month against a regional government plan to limit nitrogen emissions by farmers.
Relatively large numbers of livestock and heavy use of fertilisers, as well as transport and construction, have caused levels of nitrogen oxides in the air and water in both the Netherlands and Belgium to be higher than allowed by EU regulations.
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Farm groups say the problem is exaggerated and offer they say that the proposed solutions are unnecessarily burdensome.
Next week’s regional elections are important because they will determine the composition of the Dutch Senate and regional governments national they are responsible for translating government goals – such as nitrogen caps – into concrete plans.
Early Saturday morning, The Hague’s mayor issued an emergency decree giving police additional powers to maintain public order and provide security during planned protests.
In a statement issued by the police, they said that they have started to stop farmers trying to enter the city with tractors and return them back. The Farmers’ Defense Force, a city-endorsed farmers’ demonstration group, encouraged people to come by bus.
Environmentalists, led by climate activist group Extinction Rebellion, in an unauthorized demonstration that could lead to arrests of parliament they say they plan to stop traffic on the nearby avenue.
Reporting by Toby Sterling Editing by Helen Popper
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2023-03-11 21:51:51
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