The so-called PAS reporters must be compensated in the agricultural agreement, otherwise the Land and Horticulture Organization of the Netherlands (LTO) will make a breaking point. This is what Sjaak van der Tak, president of LTO, said on the TV show Buitenhof.
PAS journalists are mainly farmers who did not need a permit under the old nitrogen policy, but are still subject to a permit requirement following a State Council ruling in 2019. “There will be no agricultural deal if this point is not resolved,” says Van der Tak. The president also reiterated that he “does not participate” in forced takeovers of farmers.
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On Friday, the government decided to “speed up” the reduction of nitrogen emissions, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said after the third consultation in a week on the election results in the provinces. According to him, the CDA wants to renegotiate the approach to nitrogen, but not now. First, the CDA wants to know what will be included in the university programs of the new provincial administrations. Provinces must also draw up nitrogen plans. But the agricultural agreement and the ransom plan for farmers are also important to the CDA.
Van der Tak would consider it a “logical and democratic outcome” if the coalition deal were partially renegotiated.
Source: BNR
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