While The Hague is arguing about the nitrogen deadline 2030 or 2035, nitrogen minister Van der Wal has another goal in mind: ‘I am focusing on 2025’

Hans van der Werf of the Frisian Environmental Federation to Christianne van der Wal: “The farmers are willing, but they also need help.” Photo: Jilmer Postma

On Monday afternoon, the minister and the organizations behind the Black-tailed Godwit Attack Plan sailed through the Alde Feanen National Park. In parliament, tempers about the nitrogen reduction are running high, she acknowledged. But that is the ‘The Hague bell jar’. “Every Monday I am on a working visit to the country and all kinds of things happen there.”

‘Worked hard and practically’

“While The Hague is arguing about the nitrogen deadline 2030 or 2035, Nitrogen Minister Van der Wal has another goal in mind: ‘I am focusing on 2025′”

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