[February 1, 2024] Earlier this week, large numbers of French farmers surrounded the city of Paris in protest of the EU’s Green Deal. Thousands of harvesters, tractors, trailers, and other farm vehicles blocked major highways in and out of Paris, Lyon, Limoges, and Toulouse.
Like other farmers from Ireland and Germany, they are joining a Europe-wide fightback against the Green Agenda. In the Netherlands, they are fighting their government’s restrictions on nitrogen emissions. In Ireland, the Green Deal calls for culling over 200,000 cows. And, in Germany, farmers closed Berlin in protests against tax hikes on diesel fuel, cuts to subsidies, and other new green rules.
“Every European government has proposed its own intrusive regulations or onerous tax hikes. But these are overwhelmingly driven by a common goal: to turn agriculture into a ‘Net Zero’ industry.” – Fraser Myers at Sp!ked, January 30, 2024
Unsurprisingly, these protests have gotten the attention of their governments, but little action is being taken to remove the many green rules. These regulations and taxes are part of the climate rules designed to reduce omissions that theoretically causes a rise in the earth’s temperature. The results are predictable: less food.
“[The Green Deal] is a totally disconnected project. It is an imposition from distant, out-of-touch Eurocrats, laying waste to a sector they do not understand. It seems that Europe’s elites – whether in Brussels, Paris or Berlin – are too wedded to green ideology to see the damage they are doing.” – Thierry Coué, deputy general secretary of the FNSEA farmers union and a pig breeder from Brittany
Farmer anger has been growing slowly as new green rules are implemented. But it was the proposed fuel tax hike that lit the fuse. The French farmers took to the streets in a year-long revolt against the gilets jaunes, and everyday citizens who were mad protested in the streets wearing hi-vis jackets.
This popular protest is coming on the heels of continued backlash against government overreach. Everyone understands that this green agenda would reduce the food supply in a time of global food risks.
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Support the French Farmers. I never thought I would ever say anything in support of the nasty French, but this is one exception. 🤦♀️
As an American 🇺🇸, I stand with the French Farmers.
I can’t wait for the American truckers to overwhelm the south with their trucks to send a clear message to Joe Biden that his policies are a terrible failure. He can reverse course by re-implementing Trumps policies that he removed the first day he was in office. BUt doing so means admitting he was wrong and that won’t happen. The Democrat solution is “just give me more money and power.” WRONG.
Boy Sue, you nailed it on the attitude of Pres Joe Biden. He is not making the decisions anyway.
Don’t ya just love these farmers! Even if they are French.
I’m not that new to this blog but I’m loving it all the way.
Jasmine, welcome. I think we are all appreciative of these articles by Gen. Satterfield. If you’ve not noticed, there are a number of “tabs” on his website that I recommend you explore. The best one is the DAILY FAVORITES where he links to two very good articles each day of the week. Go there and to the others like one each on his books. That way, you can get a better idea of the resource that this website by Gen.S. can be for you. Thank you for being part of our team.
I agree with you welcome Jasmine to the blog. I was requested yesterday by my friend Gen Douglas to write a blog on Fasting. I so excited about this opportunity and what God is going. It’s amazing how he asked me to do this during my church Fasting this week 5 February til 11 February
Wow, great job keeping us up to date, Gen. Satterfield. Thanks and Cheers!
BC, thanks for the compliment.
Another great article by Gen. Satterfield that sets the stage for the good people who just want to have a job and family and church and be left alone instead of being attacked as somehow “bad” because they want to produce food for us. Those that attack them are just nuts, and are probably a product of liberal-progressive neo-Marxism.
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“[The Green Deal] is a totally disconnected project. It is an imposition from distant, out-of-touch Eurocrats, laying waste to a sector they do not understand. It seems that Europe’s elites – whether in Brussels, Paris or Berlin – are too wedded to green ideology to see the damage they are doing.” – Thierry Coué, deputy general secretary of the FNSEA farmers union and a pig breeder from Brittany
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Got that right USA Patriot II. I’m with the farmers no matter where or what they are doing because the have COMMON SENSE, something seriously lacking in Western politicians.
I second that Navy Vet.
Yep, I’ve got to agree. Go French Farmers! 😎
Excellent article, Gen. Satterfield. Like Max Foster, below, I’m standing with the French farmers on this one.
Nice, Gen. Satterfield has nailed it. The French farmers, just like us Americans are sick and tired of our government support causes (like UNWRA) that are dangerous and destructive to Western civilization. Stop the French farmers, and dump your manure trucks at the front doors of their homes and offices and yell that you don’t want any more taxes and forcing you to produce LESS food (whackos are in charge). Well done, I have to admit that I’m beginning to like the French.
Like the American truckers, the people have been left behind in favor of nutty crazies who want to destroy their country and the politicians are pandering to the anarchists. Crazy? Yep. I stand with the French farmers!!!!!!!!
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Whack, hit the ball out of the part, ashley. I am with you and Gen. Satterfield on this one.
Yeah. same here. Thanks ashley and Len.
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Yepper, nailed it. thanks all.