The impact is likely to be significant, especially for livestock farmers and arable farmers. “I am a beef farmer. That would mean that market prices would fall sharply and that the sector would again become much less profitable. I also see little future for my sugar beets if this agreement is reached.”
Yet Vandenbroucke continues to campaign, even now that approval is close. “We are the primary economy. Politics must secure our future. We may still feel limited now, but it will only become more difficult for the next generations. Cultivation and farming are in danger of disappearing here.”