Aggractie: Remkes has no confidence in sector ANP
The appointment of Johan Remkes as mediator between farmers and politicians in the nitrogen dossier is “nonsense”, Bart Kemp foreman of farmers’ action group Agractie said on Sunday. “He has no confidence in the sector,” said Kemp.
Agractie has previously mentioned Elbert Dijkgraaf as someone who could take on this role, says Kemp. But the organization would rather talk to nitrogen minister Christianne van der Wal or Prime Minister Mark Rutte and states that consultation only makes sense if the content of the proposed nitrogen policy is under discussion. And that is not the case, according to Kemp. “We don’t feel like having a tea party,” he says.
In addition, he calls the intention that a mediator will start holding talks in the second half of August “richly late”.