Dutch Farmers' Protest Party Shocks Political Establishment with Election Victory.
The Farmer-citizen movement (BBB), a farmers' party that was only set up in 2019, is set to be the biggest party in the upper house of Dutch parliament after provincial elections, winning 15 of the Senate's seats with almost 20% of the vote. The BBB aims to fight government plans to slash nitrogen emissions harmful to biodiversity by dramatically reducing livestock numbers and buying out thousands of farms. Its appeal has spread rapidly beyond its rural heartland, on a populist platform that represents traditional, conservative Dutch social and moral values.