The politics of Dutch farming complicates matters at the Hague

Dutch agriculture has been under pressure from the government and the EU for several years

Dutch farmers gather with their tractors near the headquarters of the National Institute for Health and Environment to protest the nitrogen policy rules in October 2019. Picture: Getty Images

European farmers may yet look back on the coming into office of the new government in the Netherlands as a momentous day.

The government was sworn in on January 10, an unprecedented 299 days since the country's last election.