Johan Remkes has been appointed as mediator who has to lead discussions with farmers and politicians. The House of Representatives had asked for such a mediator because of the fierce reaction from the agricultural sector to the far-reaching nitrogen plans.
Remkes will start preparing from 13 July. The idea is that the talks will start in the second half of August, agriculture minister Henk Staghouwer writes in a letter to the House.
VVD member and former minister Remkes was an informateur in the cabinet formation at the end of last year. Remkes has a past as State Secretary for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment and was also Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.