Forced expropriation no longer taboo for CDA

In one of the hottest issues of the cabinet formation, the nitrogen dossier, a lot of water is being added to the wine. CDA no longer completely rules out the expropriation of agricultural land, according to the words of CDA Member of Parliament and agricultural spokesman Derk Boswijk to NOS today.

"There are a huge number of farmers who want to stop. Anticipate that and just ensure a good purchase arrangement, so that farmers can stop with a lifted head and a good old-age provision," he said in the NOS Achtuurjournaal. "I'm not going to rule out the possibility that you will never get an obligation anywhere." Boswijk believes that you should always first examine the situation in an area and consult with all farmers. "Then I think you will get very far, but exclude it completely... You have a hundred farmers who want to turn left and five who want nothing at all, then it will stop." NOS also reports that, according to the CDA, coercion will be required at most five to ten times. 

In the future vision 'Perspective for farmers' presented in July, the CDA also stated that it was against expropriation: "Buying out the most constricting locations in the short term will help to relieve environmental pressure. We are against forced expropriation of agricultural land."

Halving livestock
According to NOS, other parties are also letting go of certain positions. For D66, for example, halving the livestock would no longer be a goal in itself.

Linda van Eekeres

Linda van Eekeres is co-writing editor-in-chief. She mainly focuses on macro-economic developments and the influence of politics on the agricultural sector.

l.vaneekeres@boerenbusiness. Nl

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