Posted on 03/25/2024 7:39:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BRUSSELS (AP) — A major European Union plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc has been indefinitely postponed Monday, underscoring how farmers’ protests sweeping the continent influence politics ahead of the June EU parliamentary elections.
The member states were supposed to give final approval to the bill on Monday following months of proceedings through the EU’s institutional maze. But what was supposed to be a mere rubber stamp has now been possibly shelved forever.
“(The plan) is in a very difficult position at the moment and with the upcoming European elections, it won’t be easy to get out of this position,” said Dutch Climate Minister Rob Jetten. The Nature Restoration plan is a key part of the EU’s European Green Deal that seeks to establish the world’s most ambitious climate and biodiversity targets and make the bloc the global point of reference on all climate issues.
The bill aims for Europe to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, demanding short-term changes and sacrifices from all parts of society to reap the benefits in a generation.
The change of heart follows weeks of relentless protests from farmers across the bloc who have argued that reams of environmental laws governing the way they work are driving them toward bankruptcy at a time when food security and self-sufficiency are becoming essential again as the Russian war on Ukraine war rages on.
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[[underscoring how farmers’ protests sweeping the continent influence politics ahead of the June EU parliamentary elections]]
I gu3ss that the nation didn’t want anymore tanks of fertilizer sprayed and dumped all over their buildings and such
Kudos to the farmers! Chalk one up for the good guys!
Good.
No it’s time to drag the eco-tyrants out off their private jets and put them to work flipping burgers and cleaning dumpsters.
Watch these EV Mandates will also go Bye Bye
“surprise”
Politicians are worried starving people will eat them
They’ll sneak it into another piece of legislation.
Watch for the legislation to return shortly after the elections.
“The change of heart follows weeks of relentless protests from farmers..”
The change of heart was because the scum didn’t want to be drowned in a manure lagoon.
As stupid as changing the clocks twice a year.
As stupid as trying to tell us to eat only vegies and bugs and no meat and the world will survive.
“(Now) it’s time to drag the eco-tyrants out of their private jets and put them to work flipping burgers and cleaning dumpsters.”
Forgive my edit but...
Now it’s time to drag the eco-tyrants off their private jets and hang them.
“..it won’t be easy to get out of this position,” said Dutch Climate Minister Rob Jetten..”
The prick is the Dutch version of the execerable John Kerry.
Hmm. Interesting. The headline sounds like an old Soviet proverb;
"Probe with steel. If you hit steel, back off. If you hit mush...keep probing."
Keep your steel sharp and at the ready folks.
EU has been about a year or two ahead of the US; now reaching inflection and heading downhill. As momentum for restoring sanity increases, watch for increased autocratic rule and oppression. The ruling class never goes down without a fight.
“No it’s time to drag the eco-tyrants out off their private jets and….”
Make them live the way they want us to live.
Eat zee bugs.
Shiver in the dark.
Take public transportation.
No coffee.
1 square of TP.
L
I saw plenty of John Deere green in most of those tractor-fests. How do you say ‘Bubba’ in Dutch or ‘Billy Bob’ in French?
I like what you said. Excellent
The environmentalists in the EU and the US are “watermelon Communists” (green on the outside, red on the inside). Like all Communists, they go by Lenin’s maxim of two steps forward, one step back. Since this is an election year in many European countries, as well as here, our rulers will back off for a short period and then reintroduce their dictates when the time is ripe.
“...at a time when food security and self-sufficiency are becoming essential again as the Russian war on Ukraine war rages on.”
Likely without even knowing it, the author accidentally snuck in a nugget of truth, as the REAL DRIVER of the Neocon War in Ukraine is for the Globalists to get their hands on Russian resources, including food, so as to use it to isolate China.
Too bad, though, they over-stepped.
bttt
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