as not be ashamed of that, just the hello, i'm going to la chan. you are tuned into modus operandi all across europe, tractors are blocking major roadways in major cities across the continent. the farmers protest has grown over the last 2 years and today will dig into what's causing such discontent among those who provide food for the world will go straight to the heart of the european union in belgium to find out what's really going on. all right, let's get into the m o the they are being the far right in some cases being called national us. but we're not talking about a new political party here, but rather farmers,

while the vast majority of people in the west simply go to the grocery store to purchase their food. little spot is given to the source of where that food comes from, even less to the people who grow that food or raise the live stock that end up on our plates every day. and perhaps that's why they're fuming mad farmers leaving their crops behind and taking the capital cities in their respective countries. the netherlands, germany, france, spain, poland, even taking their tractors in the brussels, belgium, the home of the european council to make their voices heard. so what exactly are they so mad about? joining us to explain is elijah maga. he is a veteran war correspondent and political analysts. now, based in brussels, you can see more of his work at e. j magnate dot com and follow him on twitter at e j mall ry. that's m a l r a. i thank you so much for being with us,

elijah. thank you so much for having me. so the e u presidency is currently held by belgium, where you live. recently, there was a massive demonstration by farmers and their supporters, which saw roughly a 1000 tractors, blocking that whole area around the european council building. and they sprayed police with liquid mon, newer they unleashed bales of hay all over the street. i mean, the scene was really chaotic. can you tell us what that was all about? any yes. so the 27 european nation has agree on a specific green deed environment. policy that was not compatible with the demand of the fall. so although they have weaken some of these re policy as to fit with the farming and mission of each 2040 climate road.

do you still struggling with meeting the family's health way? so what it's all about is the following is often texting because at the they have a little farm incomes because his dad and thomas are at 50 siding, the so that is forwarded by the e. u. a euro cried in brussels. and because they don't re, with the foreign policy that they have adopting every nation. i gotcha. so they demand then because they have supermarkets, photos, and fruits and vegetables at the price match low. well, then the look and production and all that comes inevitably in the 1st place from ukraine. because the european union wants to help you frame and wants to end to ease the setting of its product. so it is creating

a domestic process in all the nation. so form farmers of producing food that doesn't make their living. because the free trade agreement is causing them a can petition that they know up to the process of below the. busy us and the comment agriculture policy that presented them from using subsidizes is not compatible with the product that they all buy from ukraine. and they have subsidized it with different of the, you know, so that is one of the actually, the 2nd aspect is the you is introducing kind of the rock i see for the farmers that they need to spend almost between 5 to 7 hours a day on sitting up documents and papers every single day, and that takes up almost a 3rd of the time when 2 sides of the time is invested in the fall. so they don't

have any time to rest. so they again, say you have to reduce the the rocker. see that you're asking us, and then the, the 2nd most important box. either you stop the import from your brain and you find them, they've done that, the market for it. if you want to support your grade or you, we allows to raise the price the raising. the price is becoming really ridiculous. we go to market, we used to pay to sign it for a few sentences that we pay for 3 years. 10, aquino, spanish, it reach, said in euro's when it was around 3 to 4 years. so all these practice of closing not only directions to reactions from the owners, but also the population is on the badge of exclusion because of the policy of the you one day, so much money to invest on foreign policy in particular,

supporting ukraine in this ridiculous war but not investing in the war toward the european. so there's some level of under cutting and that's causing inflation of prices. then you get another sacrifice for a you farmers in the name of ukraine. now let's not forget a or a slab under land has invited ukraine to join the you well, the or will between the west and let's 5 united states against ukraine, a resulting and destructive of the european ca. com. and now let's play. first of all, the americans are very happy with the outcome because they saying that all duction and say is boomy. so there is a part of the american industry that is making a lot of money. secondly,

because the americans have decided that we should own in the west, those sanctions on russia. then we find those says buying the or the guys treat times of full times more expensive then the price with that you, we used to pay to russia. so what we found out at the end of the day is the americans offering facilities to all the european industry to come to america with 5 years without paying taxes and where the energy is a cheap think surprising to what they pay to they you're so we have again the migration of the european industry to america because of this war. so what we have gain, we have gain inflection. we have gain the valuation of the euro. we have gain bills that we cannot afford to pay. i mean electricity,

when the electricity is been for an individual, goes from 80, yours to a month that is more or less $90.00 to $370.00. and that's without counting how much restaurants up a and talking about thousands of years. nobody can afford these prices, but because you're a seasonal orientation to was foreign policy, which is not the reason why the european leaders have been lifted. they feel that it, according to that domestic agenda, but not to that for the policy was they can drain the entire country to missouri. well, europeans today on looking towards eh, finding job and investing either the names. yeah, absolutely. because there is no more uh, opportunities to invest you oh, everything is very expensive. the taxes are increasing and you pay everything. they are a nice ending up on everything that is related to income. and there is no increase

of income to compensate the cost. that's right. because inevitably, you raise the income, you raise the prices. so if the price of the transport is full times hire, someone needs to pay. and the one who's paying is the end user, which is the us, the people who are living on the european continent and paying the price of $2.00 of wrong european policy, one at the beginning of the war. several europeans either said this is not our war . and we were not being gauge, that was why decision. and then we find, oh says, or default in the war to the point we have president and the french president amendment my whole say that i would need at the end of the day to send some folks to and some people and sizes to ukraine to continue the war because you

can do a very bad, so the, those that guns, so out of their way and completely disconnected from what's happening in europe, to the point that they think they can be part of this for that is not our role to increase the negative consequences on your b and population. yeah, very scary escalation indeed. so the dutch farmers protests that was the 1st one that began in europe that sparked off in 2019, that movement has since spread across the continent over the past year. first, can you begin by explaining to us what sparks that initial pro test and what the situation of that protest looks like today in 2024 over in the netherlands. yes, i remember when in october 2009 over 2000 tractors at close defined way and that's and then a 1000 kilometers. i know that because i was stuck in by some of the study in the

netherlands. so that was a long time way. and they even says the way on the no c beaches, there is no just on that if you want to escape and find a way for the city. so the problem and then that, that then comes really from the got. so the government at one to take drastic measures to reduce the mission of nitrogen. this is exactly the same as you also in france and in brussels, in the bedroom. but the french have found another way to spend down maybe debates and performing this the plan, but for the, for the internet. and then they and the government consider buying for the largest share. it's nitrogen that was it on bench then comes from. gotcha. so these measures that are taken by the government are supporting as the climate

change and the support of the track. however, the full, the offices century, the government's policy was encouraging all the time. the farm is to expand, to buy more land, to have more items added that to borrow more money the with us. it's still it, these banks facilities for farm is to have access to those. like nobody has been, they discovered that a good catch. it was responsible for 80 percent of the emission wonderful nitrogen pollution. and because the farming and the diary had gone 50 just one percent of the d g d p. then the government said was, it is good if we come back on the production and that will not really affect the cost. oh is a the, so the font as well as expanded that business,

they found themselves step. of course, there is an issue that the 9th or just in the sphere is harmless because we've read $78.00 point something goes nitrogen and at $21.00 on something of oxygen. where that the reaction comes with other names. and because the name is like ammonia and that's on the right side that we find we, we find in the is set to sizes, then this combination it'd be, it'd be coming to, a wary for the government to try it. and we'd use so for, for the last 5 years at the farm is as being stuck in there. uh uh there animals and the production and indulging the properties. and the gods as

a happy again at the same time it's kind of cool. so the band in the future and the mission of maxim date size creates much for pollution. all of the chemical specializes that the ukranian are using and now your opinions on not allowed to use, but effect why the, the production of the vegetables is something that the farmers again often begins. so the same if we cannot have enough food for the members to eat, the gross, and we need to keep them in. then they is a production of whole then 13 to 19 percent of factors in the government to say, okay, what i can buy, the land that you don't want because you have bought a new expended. and i can give you bought the land o. i can't buy all of your but then this is not the solution because as and again, the farm, as i said. so what do we do?

this is the only a business we have nothing to do. and this is this pain that we be doing. the doings in decades from generation to generation and we haven't done another job or to do some other uh business. so this is the, the bank that continue on going between the farm is and the governments with the farmers are saying, well, we don't want you to buy our land because we don't know how to invest in money. and there is no guarantee today for any investment, because of the devaluation of the euro, because the instability in the market, the increase of the price of the go, the increase of the price of the beef going, and the increase of the price of the on what life, but then it is frustrating, it's you never stated so where do they go? they don't know that this. this is the dynamic that all right,

coming up next. what happens when those who are traditionally outside of the game of politics decide they want a seat at the table? that's exactly what happened in the netherlands. we're going to discuss it when we return with elijah and mega is to type them all will be right back the the early 1880 brands decided to subjugate madagascar. however, the mother got the king to refuse to submit it $1883.00. during the 1st franco mail, i guess a wars the friend sent a punitive expedition to force submission on the island. the aggressor ships

brutally bombarded the coastal settlements. the invaders managed to forcefully impose control over in madagascar his external affairs. but the french wanted more . a few years later, they started a full scale fail to terry invasion ended 18. 95 captured the capital and to not reveal the commonest exiled queen run of all on the 3rd and our prime minister rieney a letter of une abroad. then the invaders began to clear the island from the malcontents, with an iron and blood in 18. $96.00 france declared a protector at over man, a gas guard, and in $1897.00 annex the island. the suppression of the liberation movement erupted, merciless massacre. the capture of madagascar are led to tragic consequences. natural resources were in the hands of french corporations. all local schools were closed and the french language was imposed on the population. the care lasted 15

years and resulted in the death of at least 100000 mile a gas eap above the colonial regime left an open wound in the history of madagascar . but violence was never able to suppress the malagasy striving for freedom. the a the welcome back to them. i'm manila, chad. traditionally in the world of politics we see a certain type who enters that field, right? they usually come from high society, attend elite universities and mix and mingle amongst themselves, sometimes referred to as the ruling class. but in the netherlands, dodge farmers have ditched the fields and are now disrupting business as usual in parliament by creating their own political party. a political analyst and veteran

war correspondent elijah maga, is back with us to discuss the turning of the tides of a new politics. so elijah, in the last couple of years, dutch farmers began their own political party called the b, b, b. in english. it translates to a farmer, citizens movement. so in 2023, the b, b, b, one, several seats in the parliament disrupting the plans for the pm mark, route, as cabinet who would no longer have the majority. by the summer of 2023. the entire dutch cabinet collapsed. do you think we will soon see other countries in the follow, the dodge lead and launch their own parties and, and how might this disrupt business as usual, politics and the you? what do we have soon? the european parliament, the election. we have 710 year. ready in and members of the european arguments,

philosophy in europe, and deciding what to do and what role they can forward to the leaders of the 27 european nations. and we see a movement in different countries. and you people imagine, we've seen that in the u. k. with your data weights winning the election and driving the hard establishment of the battle because it's something completely thinkable. and there we see also a breach in the as in different your parliament's members in different european countries. when there is a change days to ship of the tradition, not only because the new people are all fed because people have got and they did just didn't have enough of the, the usual of these who dominate the establishment and the concrete

in order to be your and so we don't need to have always the same people either that the conservative or the neighbor policy, they rock lean or the left wing, the social there's all the green at the end of the day time to be more fascist and the right we walk these so there is a need for change and this need to change is not very happy, very fast and very quickly because any change and each time it's exactly like the what a gym is today. we stood up the americans as well as germany. however, most countries around the world agreed that is true because of the way the americans are read, what the w stand it and the pharmacy, particularly with the war on gas and the war and you crate and the compassion of the stand of the what between both rules, so all that is giving you all the full supports for the people to think about the

necessity to introduce changes and remove fetus if you're to, for example, today, at the, the, the shipping process. you'll have a leader and then what about coal with 23 percent of voters who voted for so he is runing over less than a quarter of the population where people voted for him because they didn't want to try the far right. we mounting the bank, which is after a year in the office 2 years, it's no longer the case if there were elections today. mounting the bank, we went tomorrow by 70 to 80 percent will than any other time to because people have enough of the old faces and, and for coffee, they don't want to try something new. i don't think the changes. i'll going to say you're so dramatically everywhere, but the all the to be increased. there is going to be an increase of changes as

what europe, because there is a new narrative that is coming in, which is the benefit of the population. the interest of the population and barry, the flag of looking up that the interest of the people, not the interest of another country. we cannot in your function with leaders law, say, america, 1st people in your allow the american to say america 1st. even though it's not a, you're the europe, you should go back to europe. but again, it's designs. if we lose designs, this is a big problem. and because we are using our basses, the new faces that imagine in different part of it. but they need time to form a logical industry. they'll say in the world of politics, i've seen much of the main stream media refer to them the b, b,

b as an extreme and right wing populist right. even white nationalist over their concerns of migration. same for the sd in germany. is this a fair or accurate description of these parties? and does this even speak to the rising populism across europe? that's a very good question. so we see today across europe popular just especially those on if you look at the right. so they have been willing law shares the votes in recent pages. elections. so for example, if it 8 the right wing porpoise brother, any ad. ready secure the ice votes giving one single, bought the, the support of georgia me though, the ed i became a prime minute. so in sweden, for example, the sweden democrats imagined is the 2nd most popular in the country. and then in

the recent election. so they, there's some performance is the result of a steady growth in the last uh, i think 5 or 6 found a mentor election. and where they have the vote since 2014. again, as you rock you said in spain, michelle, the roads going to corporate his spot. these, they have begin the between 201520192021. at the, the rising is gone from 12 to 13 percent to 25 percent. 80 hungry for example, was at the store all been re elected. and that is where the roughly properties gain and the election and in the last election, in the end, the so button has to be in policy and 2010. so that gives him a starting place in the society where people wants him to continue implied. again,

the routing below or injustice bobby as a full time increase the vote of share between the 200120192020. so in these countries, we see the rise population in measure, for example, in for us also the same. imagine we've seen the fall in the far right. the flemish poppy is one around more or less 12 percent of the bedrooms up in 2019. but that's we also work at the office of badging at the increase a so say when nope, not doing as good as a far right to going from 9 to 10 percent, but it's not doing very bad. but in flows, that's the biggest surprise when people did not want the bed. and then suddenly they discovered that day she is the one est,

is standing face to face with m. m. and when my home last connection and then not one because people didn't want really to try my name defense, but now they are very keen to allow her to become the new president. if face continues to isaac this today. however, we've seen in other countries that way of populous at all, not really like germany and in greece. in these countries we've seen a decrease all the the support for popular is so we can see the growth of all do yes, but what is right be because they is in need of try different people and try different people are speaking to the people, the speaking to the population, talking that language, addressing the concerns, all these going to abide by what they say during the election or before the

election once they are elected. if, if we take the example of george, i mean literally, she did not go to the same agenda. she was advertising for any before the election . when she became prime minister, she changed the policy in particular to address that in the ukraine. and so it's, we need to wait, but there is a strong appetite amount of the european population to see new faces and to change people under any type of representative sense. all right, unfortunately i gotta make that the last word, elijah, thank you so much for that. and an inside and be sure to follow elijah on twitter at e j mall. right. and check out his work at alija mega dot com. thank you so much, elijah because my pleasure. any time. alright, that is going to do it for today's episode of modus operandi the show that things deep into foreign policy and current affairs. i'm your host window

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