Dutch farmers' party thrust into pivotal position
Party leader Caroline van der Plas of the BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB). Picture: REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
Dutch-Irish politician Caroline van der Plas has brought her farmers' party to a pivotal position in the Netherlands, on course to win about 16 of the 75 seats in the country's Senate.
The BBB party's win will make it challenging for Prime Minister Mark Rutte's governing coalition to drastically cut nitrogen pollution from farms, which is the single issue on which BBB was founded in 2019.
