Last week’s win in the Netherlands by Gert Wilders was a stunning refutation of the Green Deal. The policy’s former protagonist in the EU Commission, Frans Timmermans, was relegated to a minority role with just seventeen seats. He had left his Commission position with the idea of running the Dutch government but instead backpedaled on his on Green Deal policies and ultimately lost big to Wilders. Now some European Parliamentarians are warning the Brussels’ intent to apply the Industrial Emissions Directive to Europe’s livestock production will force the concentration and standardization of the industry. These politicians warn that moving all livestock indoors to ensure closed cycle production will require capital tha...

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