In the end it all comes back to weak politics. Our 'polder model, which is basically appeasement imo, has meant that for decades we have not done anything about

In the end it all comes back to weak politics. Our 'polder model, which is basically appeasement imo, has meant that for decades we have not done anything about the fact we have too many farmers, cows and pigs. (After the USA the Dutch are the largest exporter of food worldwide.) And now, when push comes to shove, they get pissed because they are not protected from by the government anymore. Measures that should have been slowly introduced over years have to be implemented quick now and that hurts. But ANY other branch would have had to adjust to market conditions and not complain. Yet the farmers got subsidized when they produced to much milk driving the prices below production costs...