Farmer–Citizen Movement

The Farmer–Citizen Movement (Dutch: BoerBurgerBeweging, BBB) is an agrarian political party in the Netherlands.[7] It is headquartered in Deventer, Overijssel. The current party leader is Caroline van der Plas, who founded it in 2019.[8]

Farmer–Citizen Movement
BoerBurgerBeweging
AbbreviationBBB
LeaderCaroline van der Plas
ChairpersonErik Stegink
Leader in the House of RepresentativesCaroline van der Plas
FounderCaroline van der Plas
Founded1 October 2019 (2019-10-01)
HeadquartersGroningerstraat 21,
Deventer[1]
IdeologyAgrarianism
Food politics[2]
Rural development[3]
Populism[4]
Soft euroscepticism[5]
Political positionCentre-right[6]
Colours  Lime
SloganDe stem van en voor het platteland ("The voice of and for the countryside")
Senate
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House of Representatives
1 / 150
European Parliament
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Website
boerburgerbeweging.nl

History

The Farmer–Citizen Movement was founded in October 2019 by journalist Caroline van der Plas, in response to the widespread farmers protests that had taken place earlier that month.[9] On 17 October 2020, Van der Plas was unanimously chosen as the party's lijsttrekker.[10] It won one seat at the 2021 general election.[9]

Ideology

In the 2021 Dutch general election, the Farmer–Citizen Movement focused its campaign on issues important to rural and agrarian voters, including pledges for a "Ministry of the Countryside" located at least 100 kilometers from The Hague, and a removal of the ban on neonicotinoids.[11] The party called for a Right to Agriculture Act which would allow for farmers to have more say on agricultural expansion matters. This was in response to local opposition to pig and goat farms for public health, environmental and agricultural concerns.

On economics and foreign policy, the party supports reform of the Eurozone and calls for a "Northern currency and a Southern currency" in the European Union. It supports Dutch membership of the EU for trading purposes but wants to reduce the power of the EU "to a level of how the EEC was once intended" and opposes the EU becoming a Federal Superstate.[12]

Caroline van der Plas has stated that the Party for the Animals and Wakker Dier are two of the party's biggest rivals, and the party uses its social media to provide the alternative perspective to be heard.[13]

Electoral results

House of Representatives
Election Lijsttrekker Votes  % Seats +/– Government
2021 Caroline van der Plas 104,319 1.00 (#16)
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See also

References
  1. https://www.kiesraad.nl/verkiezingen/tweede-kamer/partijnamen-en-logos/register Register
  2. Kieskamp, Wilma (14 August 2019). "Nieuwe partij voor boeren mikt op twee Kamerzetels". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. "BBB Kandidaten Flyer Caroline van der Plas" (PDF). BoerBurgerBeweging (in Dutch). October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. "Column (Maarten van Nieuw Amerongen): Het populisme van van der Plas en Boswijk".
  5. "Healthy farmers With each other, for each other!". Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  6. Marijnissen, Hans (12 December 2019). "De partij voor de boer wil niet op de LPF of Forum gaan lijken". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  7. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2021). "Netherlands". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  8. "Bestuur BoerBurgerBeweging". BoerBurgerBeweging (in Dutch). 3 December 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  9. "BBB partijgeschiedenis". Documentatiecentrum Nederlandse Politieke Partijen (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  10. "Kandidaat-Kamerleden BBB". BoerBurgerBeweging (in Dutch). 13 May 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  11. Buning, Stefan. "Caroline van der Plas gekozen als lijsttrekker BoerBurgerBeweging". Agraaf. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  12. "Healthy farmers With each other, for each other!". Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  13. Willems, Ingrid (27 December 2019). "Caroline van der Plas (52) uit Deventer verloor haar man, als frontvrouw van de boeren jeuken haar handen". De Stentor. Retrieved 24 March 2021.


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