Netherlands: Prime Minister Mark Rutte weakened by a peasant revolt

Prime Minister Mark Rutte, 55, is celebrating a remarkable record these days.

In power for almost twelve years, he became, at the beginning of August, the Dutch head of government with the greatest political longevity.

But this celebration is overshadowed by the black clouds of a peasant revolt which, for two months, has not weakened.

Thus Rutte had to return from vacation early, at the beginning of August, to begin last Friday a first round of discussions with the agricultural world, which, full of anger, continues to block Dutch cities with its tractors.

It was the brutal announcement in June of a plan to reduce herds by 30%, with the aim of reducing Dutch nitrogen emissions by 50% by 2030, which set fire to the powders.

Nearly 40,000 farmers, some of whom are threatened with disappearance by these measures, then began to demonstrate, some altercations with the police even degenerating into violence.

The houses of certain ministers…

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