2024-03-05 06:32:44
Author: Afag Zeynalli
The farm riots that have engulfed much of Europe in recent months, from Paris to Berlin and Bucharest to Poland, continue unabated. Thus, on February 26 in Belgium, farmers on thousands of tractors moved towards Brussels, blocking roads with large tires and strongly protested against EU farm policies in front of the council building. Police intervened in the protests using tear gas and water. It should be noted that Belgium is the country where the headquarters of the EU is located, which is considered the most important economic and political organization in Europe. The reasons for the farmers’ riots, which were also mentioned in the previous publication, included protest against the EU Green Deal, agricultural support policies and Ukraine. But are all these protests controlled from a single center? Why don’t EU governments calm farmers down so the protests stop, or don’t they want to? To find answers to these questions, you need to pay attention to several important points.
When the Treaty of Rome was signed in 1957, laying the foundations of the European Economic Community, France, not wanting to be crushed by the huge German industry, insisted on increasing agricultural subsidies. Of course, subsidies had to be extended to the working class of all member countries. Beginning in the 1990s, European countries gradually began to move their heavy industries, which they considered “dirty”, to third world countries. But even at that time, agriculture was not transferred from Europe to third world countries, since the role of this industry in terms of food security is undeniable.
Now, serious changes are taking place in the world again, a new world order is being formed, after massive epidemics, great development of technology, new approaches to the issues of production, consumption and food safety have begun to take shape in the world. Against this background, the approach to farmers as a class will naturally change. At the same time, this issue is closely related to the transition to clean energy.
Thus, taking decisions such as reducing carbon dioxide emissions in Europe, reducing the use of pesticides used on farms to a minimum, is also a continuation of the policy of transferring food production to third world countries, keeping waste, garbage and shipping received from the EU away from the EU. ultimately, and already pure products.
In the EU, from 2005 to the present, the number of farms has decreased by three times, especially small farms are failing due to their inability to withstand competition and do not see support at the state level. This attitude of the EU leadership towards agricultural owners producing natural and healthy products raises certain doubts. Is the farmer class really being eliminated?
As mentioned in a previous post, this year is an election year in most European countries, including the European Parliament. The failure to take steps to appease farmers, despite the elections, creates the idea that while artificial products were brought to the fore, work was being done to gradually eliminate farmers, who produce mainly meat and agricultural products, as a working class.
Speaking of elections, it is also important to note that right-wing parties have been credited with fueling the farmers’ revolts in Europe. In the Netherlands and Germany, right-wing liberal parties support farmers. Right-wing Dutch activist and political expert Eva Vlardingerbroek, joining the revolting farmers, said that “the world’s elites have declared war on the hardworking people who bring food to our tables.” Although many consider it a conspiracy theory, the idea that the global elite is declaring “war” on the working class continues to spread throughout the world.
The aforementioned politician also said in one of her past interviews that major world forces, led by the World Economic Forum, by destroying farms, want to force the Dutch to eat bugs, which will be produced in insect factories.
“Politicians know that control over food means control over people, we don’t want to eat insects, we demand our steak,” emphasized Eva Vlardingerbroek.
Thus, we can conclude that the struggle is between the globalists and the working class. While the globalists take steps to switch to artificial food, the farming class and the right-wing liberals who support them support traditional food production. And the performers, of course, are farmers. On the other hand, steps taken by organizations influenced by globalists who support the transition to renewable energy sources and a “Green World” are also leading to the weakening of agriculture both worldwide and directly in Europe.
It seems that one part of the world is on the side of non-traditional artificial food, while the other continues to stand on the side of traditional food.