When taking office in July, Cabinet-Schoof movement promised in the long-term nitrogen file. And the BBB, with nitrogen minister Femke Wiersma, would do that job. Now, more than a year later, the file is still stuck.
In this episode of The Hague Affairs we are talking to Wouter van Loon and Derk Stokmans about the nitrogen cendice where the Netherlands is constantly sinking into. You hear which goat paths the outgoing minister is trying to follow, why criticism comes up with it from all sides and what the standstill says about current politics.
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Haagse Affairs – Back of never gone: nitrogen
Minister Wiersma (BBB) describes critically nitrogen report as ‘good plans’, the experts go a bit too far
Wiersma wants to relax nitrogen calculations, despite critical advice from the Council of State
Minister Wiersma refuses to publish farming data quickly and ignores advice
Agricultural minister Wiersma gets a tap on fingers from Adviescollege for publicity because of ‘long -term and expensive procedure’
Another buy -out scheme for nitrogen, while the previous little yielded. ‘It’s a lot of money for a limited reduction’
Professor who supplied Wiersma calculation limit: nitrogen emissions have to go down
Nitrogen approach Cabinet under pressure: dozens of peak basters against buy -out
- Guests:
- Derk Stokmans and Wouter van Loon
- Presentation:
- Guus Valk
- Editorial & production:
- Iris Verhulsdonk
- Assembly:
- Pieter Bakker
- Photo:
- Robin Utrecht / ANP