Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
Farmers and tractors on Dam Square in Amsterdam, 13 December 2019
Farmers and tractors on Dam Square in Amsterdam, 13 December 2019 - Credit: NL Times / NL Times
Business
Politics
Amsterdam
Dam Square
Rokin
farmers protest
Femke Halsema
nitrogen
Nitrogen Approach Program
Friday, 13 December 2019 - 14:40
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Farmers serve brunch on A'dam Dam Square to protest nitrogen measures

Farmers with 28 tractors gathered on Dam Square and Rokin in Amsterdam on Friday to protest against the government's nitrogen policy. They brought food with them for brunch and invited Amsterdam residents to come eat with them, specifically, Dutch-made food "with a low environmental impact."

"Farmer and citizen can talk to each other or enjoy a tasty egg or a hamburger sandwich", action group Argactie said on its website. "We want to use this day to find a connection between farmer and citizen." The protest action will officially last from noon until 4:00 p.m.

The farmers arrived in the Dutch capital on their tractors at around 6:00 a.m., according to AT5. A total of 28 tractors were parked on Dam Square and Rokin, three more than the 25 agreed with mayor Femke Halsema.

A noisier spectacle was expected at the Farmers Defense Force protest scheduled in Den Bosch on Friday afternoon. Another national protest is expected on December 18.

The farmers feel that they are being hit too hard by new measures to reduce nitrogen emissions. The Dutch government had to scramble to cut nitrogen emissions wherever possible after the Council of State declared the Nitrogen Approach Program invalid earlier this year.

The Nitrogen Approach Program allowed the government to compensate for nitrogen emissions caused by construction projects at a later date. Without the program, nitrogen emissions must first be reduced before new projects can cause more emissions. This ruling brought hundreds of construction projects to a halt.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Matching medicine dosage to patient's DNA can cut side effects 30%: LUMC
  • Dutch airports' traveler numbers not yet back to pre-pandemic levels in 2022
  • Dutch parliamentarians support €57 rent reduction for low-income households
  • Mountain of waste growing in the streets of Utrecht as garbage worker strike continues
  • Festival ticket prices jump higher; Some events up 17% as Lowlands cost hits €300
  • Rutte: Not enough political support to force the king to pay taxes

Top stories

  • Matching medicine dosage to patient's DNA can cut side effects 30%: LUMC
  • Dutch airports' traveler numbers not yet back to pre-pandemic levels in 2022
  • Dutch parliamentarians support €57 rent reduction for low-income households
  • European office to gather proof of war crimes in Ukraine will set up in The Hague
  • Nine suspects arrested in Netherlands for 50 ATM bombings in Germany
  • Amsterdam to ban some tour buses from city center from 2024

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content