Background
BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) โ or โFarmer-Citizen Movementโ in English โ is an agrarian right-wing populist party in the Netherlands, founded in response to the 2019 Dutch farmer protests.1University of Groningen. โBoerBurgerBeweging (BBB),โ March 24, 2021. Archived December 10, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/LLPmB The party was established in November 2019 by agricultural journalist Caroline van der Plas alongside public relations executives Wim Groot Koerkamp and Henk Vermeer2University of Groningen. โBoerBurgerBeweging (BBB),โ March 24, 2021. Archived December 10, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/LLPmB from agricultural marketing firm ReMarkAble.3Remarkable. โREMARKABLE MAAKT OPMERKELIJKE BOERBURGERBEWEGING.โ. Archived June 16, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.is/sgJt0
The BBB opposes the Dutch governmentโs plans to cut nitrogen pollution in the country by reducing livestock numbers and buying out farms,4Anna Holligan and Paul Kirby. โFarmers’ protest party win shock Dutch vote victory,โ BBC News, March 16, 2023. Archived March 16, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/VgeXu which Van der Plas describes as a โdogma dictated from The Hagueโ.5โWho are the BBB? The BoerBurgerBeweging explained,โ The Northern Times, October 23, 2023. Archived February 21, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/vpoa6 Nitrogen has been at high levels since at least 1990, when the first efforts were made to reduce it.6โStikstof,โ Wageningen University. Archived April 23, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/K7xLg
Author and journalist Ben Coates told the BBC in March 2023 that the BBBโs โpolicies are very much focused on opposing the government’s environmental policiesโ, and that โmost people would characterise them as a right-wing, populist party that was quite anti-EU, anti-immigration and in favour of banning burkas for Muslimsโ.7Anna Holligan and Paul Kirby. โFarmers’ protest party win shock Dutch vote victory,โ BBC News, March 16, 2023. Archived March 16, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/VgeXu
In the March 2023 Dutch provincial elections, the BBB secured 15 out of 75 seats in the upper house of parliament and received almost 20 percent of the vote.8Anna Holligan and Paul Kirby. โFarmers’ protest party win shock Dutch vote victory,โ BBC News, March 16, 2023. Archived March 16, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/VgeXu According to Dutch newspaper The Northern Times, โthis remarkable performance positions the BBB to potentially become the largest political party in the Dutch Senateโ.9โWho are the BBB? The BoerBurgerBeweging explained,โ The Northern Times, October 23, 2023. Archived February 21, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/vpoa6 Turnout for the election was the highest in years at 57.7 percent, according to the BBC.10Anna Holligan and Paul Kirby. โFarmers’ protest party win shock Dutch vote victory,โ BBC News, March 16, 2023. Archived March 16, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/VgeXu
In the Dutch general elections of autumn 2023, the BBB increased its number of seats in the House of Representatives from one to seven.11โZetelverdeling Tweede Kamer,โ NOS Nieuws. Archived May 5, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/3Smk3
Although the aims of the BBB often overlap with those of the Dutch farmers’ protests, Caroline van der Plas has denounced the violent tactics of protesting farmers at least twice in recent years.12โBBB-voorvrouw Caroline van der Plas: ‘Boeren, blokkeer de snelwegen niet’,โ Hart van Nederland, June 27, 2023. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. In 2022, she said that she supports โtheir battleโ, but that farmers have to wage it โwithin the limits of the lawโ.13Pim Pauwels. โBBB-leider Van der Plas wil dat boeren gevaarlijke acties stoppen,โ MetroNieuws, July 27, 2022. Archived February 27, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/7mDiY
Stance on Climate Change
The BBBโs leader, Caroline van der Plas, has a history of casting doubt over the extent to which climate change is a human-made phenomenon, writing in a tweet in 2023 that the โclimate will always changeโ.14Caroline van der Plas. โNatuurlijk kun je proberen om versnelling tegen te gaan, maar klimaat zal altijd veranderen. Ook toen er nog nauwelijks of geen mensen, consumptie, autoโs, vliegtuigen en veehouderij waren, veranderde het klimaat. Wil niet zeggen dat je duurzamer met aarde mag en kunt omgaan.,โ X post from user @lientje1967, January 29, 2023. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
Ninety-nine percent of climate scientists agree that climate change is happening, and is a human-made phenomenon.15Krista F Myers et al. โConsensus revisited: quantifying scientific agreement on climate change and climate expertise among Earth scientists 10 years later,โ Environmental Research, October 20, 2021. Archived May 8, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/PqgAa
Van der Plas has also claimed that current Dutch climate targets are โtoo ambitiousโ, and has pushed back against what she claims is a โclimate revolutionโ, calling instead for a much slower โclimate evolutionโ.16BBB. โKop dโr veur! Nederland als Volkshuis โ HJ Schoo-Lezing,โ September 5, 2023. Archived September 27, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/uSSdQ
In an interview with Dutch radio station BNR, van der Plas said that the BBB doesnโt want to reduce the amount of livestock in the Netherlands,17โCaroline van der Plas (BBB) wil mes zetten in klimaatdoelen: ‘Te ambitieus en scherp’,โ YouTube video uploaded by user @BNR, November 12, 2023. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog. which many Dutch experts regard as one of the most important measures to take in battling climate change.18โKrimp van de veestapel: Medaille met twee kanten,โ Wageningen University, March 1, 2021. Archived May 9th, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/FrX8p She said the BBB wants to rely on technological innovations provided by Dutch companies to reduce COโ emissions instead:19โCaroline van der Plas (BBB) wil mes zetten in klimaatdoelen: ‘Te ambitieus en scherp’,โ YouTube video uploaded by user @BNR, November 12, 2023. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
โWe want to make sure that entrepreneurs in the Netherlands can still do their work. In the end we are also talking about their incomes.โ
Van der Plas has also repeatedly played down the Dutch agricultural sectorโs contribution to nitrogen pollution across the country, arguing that โother measuresโ can be used to reduce nitrogen levels across the Netherlands.20โNee de natuur kan niet herstellen zonder stikstofreductie, ook al zegt Caroline van der Plas van wel.,โ Pointer, March 13, 2023. Archived December 2, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/557VJ In a speech, she said that the Dutch โdonโt have a nitrogen-problem, but a problem with the laws surrounding nitrogenโ, and argued that a key factor in the Netherlandโs nitrogen pollution were the geese that โshit into nature reservesโ.21โ‘We hebben geen stikstofprobleem, maar een stikstofwetprobleem!’ – Caroline van der Plas,โ YouTube video uploaded by user @BoerBurgerBewegingBBB, November 3, 2022. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
The BBBโs โElection program 2023-2027โ, which outlines the partyโs policy platform, includes a section about climate subtitled โGoing green should not get you in the redโ.22โBBBetter every day,โ BoerBurgerBeweging. Archived December 14, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/tbB5U The section states: โAlthough the climate has been subject to autonomous change throughout the earthโs existence, human activity certainly also has an impact. There is, however, no unity of opinion or even of research about the weight of this impact.โ
The section also goes on to state:
โBBB aims for a society in which we limit our impact on the climate where we actually are able to and for as much as we can influence it. […] Globally, the Netherlands only contribute 0.4% to COโ emissions and our COโ footprint per inhabitant is already much lower than that of many other (Western) countries.โ
However, the party also acknowledges the need for an energy transition:
โA transition to sustainable energy is required as a climate measure and to end the use of fossil fuels. During this transition, we will not phase out fossil energy sources as long as there are no affordable sustainable alternatives.โ
The group does not mention the climate impact of agriculture, which constituted 11.4 percent of the Netherlandsโ greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, according to data from Climate Watch.23โNetherlands,โ Climate Watch. Archive URL: https://archive.is/j8RGF Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
On biodiversity, the program says:
โBBB acknowledges the importance of strengthening biodiversity wherever possible. We do not want to do this by creating new nature but by ensuring that there are the right amounts of flora and fauna โ which may also sometimes mean that there is just no room for a certain species.โ
Agribusiness Links
BBB was co-founded by marketing firm ReMarkAble,24Remarkable. โREMARKABLE MAAKT OPMERKELIJKE BOERBURGERBEWEGING.โ. Archived June 16, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.is/sgJt0 whose clients have included pesticide firm Bayer and meat processor Vion, according to Dutch investigative journalism outlet Follow the Money.25Harm Ede Botje. โHoe de stadse Caroline van der Plas de stem van de boer werd,โ Follow the Money, March 11, 2023. Archived May 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/E4g0a
Follow The Money reported:
โOne of the BBB founders, Henk Vermeer, denied in the television program Medialogica that ReMarkAble’s agro-industrial clients tried to influence the party’s positions. However, ‘people from the sector’ could easily find him. He was in their contact lists and ‘the same applies vice versa’.โ
Follow the Money also showed that a quarter of all the BBBโs representatives elected to provincial parliaments were farmers themselves,26Jan Daalder and Tom Claessens. โKwart BBB-Statenleden is boer, van wie ruim de helft vlakbij natuurgebieden,โ Follow the Money, April 13, 2023. Archived May 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/azdqh and that one BBB member in the upper house of Dutch parliament is also a chair of the union for poultry slaughterhouses.27Jan Daalder and Harm Ede Botje. โAmbtenaren over dubbele pet van BBB-senator en pluimveelobbyist Oplaat: โVoel me niet vrij om dingen met hem te besprekenโ,โ Follow the Money, January 12, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/zMDyJ
Caroline van der Plas repeatedly used data from a foundation called Agrifacts, which presents itself as an independent research institute, but is financed by large agro-companies like For Farmers, Agrifirm, and Royal A-ware.28Harm Ede Botje. โHoe de stadse Caroline van der Plas de stem van de boer werd,โ Follow the Money, March 11, 2023. Archived May 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/E4g0a
Before founding the BBB, van der Plas promoted the Dutch agricultural sector in a variety of professional positions, including as a spokesperson of Dutch farmer union LTO Noord and a board member of the pr-initiative Agro NL, according to her LinkedIn profile.29โCaroline van der Plas,โ Linkedin. Accessed May 9th, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Earlier BBB policy proposals reportedly included an โexpert committeeโ to check teaching materials and prevent books with โincorrect information about agricultureโ being distributed in schools, according to reporting by Follow the Money, as well as a hotline which pupils and parents could use to file complaints about teachers who stood up for โtheir own ideologiesโ.30Harm Ede Botje. โHoe de stadse Caroline van der Plas de stem van de boer werd,โ Follow the Money, March 11, 2023. Archived May 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/E4g0a
Opposition to Netherlands nitrogen policy
The BBB has consistently opposed the Dutch governmentโs policy to significantly cut nitrogen pollution, particularly from agriculture.
Its โElection Programme 2023-27โ states:31โBBBetter every day,โ BoerBurgerBeweging, [date]. Archived December 14, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/tbB5U
โThe current nitrogen law has to go and be replaced with a broad view on nature policy, nature conservation and restoration of nature where necessary. The suffocating nitrogen regulations in the Netherlands act like a self-imposed lock-down for agricultural entrepreneurs, infrastructural projects (like road construction) and building projects and should be removed as quickly as possible. The above ministry is tasked with the preservation of all elements in the landscape and ensures that there will still be potatoes, vegetables, meat or fish on our plates in 50 yearsโ time.โ
In March 2023 the BBB won the Dutch provincial elections,32โBBB nu in alle provincies de grootste partij geworden,โ NOS Nieuws, March 17, 2023. Archived July 18, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/nVN3P which are the governmental entities responsible for executing nitrogen policy.33โDit betekent de winst van BBB voor het stikstofbeleid,โ RTL Nieuws, 2023. Archived May 9th, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/hm6Vj However, a report by Dutch newspaper NRD found that BBB politicians had not been effective in office at carrying out their agenda due to a lack of political experience.34Oscar Vermeer, Marko de Haan and Yasmine Bouazzati. โIn de provincie leren BBBโers compromissen sluiten. En als het over stikstof gaat, wijzen ze vaak naar Den Haag,โ NRC, March 22, 2024. Archived April 4, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/8HhUp
Despite this, the partyโs success in the elections pushed the Dutch national government to pause its nitrogen reduction plans, in a significant win for the BBB. According to U.S. news site Mongabay:35Ashoka Mukpo. โIn the Netherlands, pitchforks fly for an empire of cows,โ Mongabay, September 7, 2023. Archived April 26, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/rmwag
โAlmost immediately, the BBBโs shocking win [in the March 2023 elections] upended the Dutch cabinetโs plans for addressing the nitrogen crisis. Badly beaten at the polls and facing a no-confidence vote in parliament, Rutte agreed to hit pause on the plans and signaled that his government was open to pushing back the emissions reduction deadline from 2030 to 2035.โ
“Europe has never said that we have to reduce nitrogen to achieve our nature goals. You have other measures for that,” said BoerBurgerBeweging frontwoman Caroline van der Plas in March 2023.36โNee de natuur kan niet herstellen zonder stikstofreductie, ook al zegt Caroline van der Plas van wel.,โ Pointer, March 13, 2023. Archived December 2, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/557VJ
Funding
There are some questions over the funding of BBB.
At its formation, the BBB was using ReMarkAbleโs bank account, according to a book written by Dutch investigative and political journalist Marcia Nieuwenhuis.37Piet Lekkerkerk. โDe DDDubieuze start van BBB: financiรซle vervlechting, verdwenen donaties en verkochte boeken die niet in de boekhouding voorkomen,โ Blog post on FVD-Watch, October 23, 2023. Archived December 22, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/i1fOx
ReMarkAble claims to have donated around โฌ174,000 to the BBB via in kind services, in part related to sales of the โBoerBurgerBoekโ, a book published written by Van der Plas and published by ReMarkable, though these figures are reportedly not reflected in the BBBโs filings, according to Nieuwenhuisโ book.38Piet Lekkerkerk. โDe DDDubieuze start van BBB: financiรซle vervlechting, verdwenen donaties en verkochte boeken die niet in de boekhouding voorkomen,โ Blog post on FVD-Watch, October 23, 2023. Archived December 22, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/i1fOx
An investigation published by Follow the Money and Dutch newspaper AD in March 2023 found that the BBB was mainly funded by small gifts.39Harm Ede Botje. โHoe de stadse Caroline van der Plas de stem van de boer werd,โ Follow the Money, March 11, 2023. Archived May 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/E4g0a
Affiliations
- ReMarkable โ PR firm whose members went on to form the BBB. The group has also funded the BBB in the past.
- Agractie โ via Bart Kemp, former leader of the radical farmers protest group.40Johan Wissink. โBart Kemp stopt als voorzitter van Agractie,โ Nieuwe Oogst, January 24, 2024. Archived February 28, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/GbT4K In an interview with Dutch radiostation NPO Radio 1, Kemp didnโt deny the possibility of becoming an Agricultural minister in the party if he was asked by Caroline van der Plas.41Peter Wisser. โBoerenactiegroep Agractie: โLinksom of rechtsom snel nieuw kabinet nodigโ,โ NPO Radio, February 22, 2024. Archived February 22, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/5kuFV He was also asked if he served as an advisor to Van der Plas during government coalition negotiations following the October 2023 general election. โI talk with Caroline, of courseโ, he said, adding that he didnโt know if Van der Plas sees him as an advisor but that they do have โconstructive conversationsโ about the future of agriculture.ย
- 1University of Groningen. โBoerBurgerBeweging (BBB),โ March 24, 2021. Archived December 10, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/LLPmB
- 2University of Groningen. โBoerBurgerBeweging (BBB),โ March 24, 2021. Archived December 10, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/LLPmB
- 3Remarkable. โREMARKABLE MAAKT OPMERKELIJKE BOERBURGERBEWEGING.โ. Archived June 16, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.is/sgJt0
- 4Anna Holligan and Paul Kirby. โFarmers’ protest party win shock Dutch vote victory,โ BBC News, March 16, 2023. Archived March 16, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/VgeXu
- 5โWho are the BBB? The BoerBurgerBeweging explained,โ The Northern Times, October 23, 2023. Archived February 21, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/vpoa6
- 6โStikstof,โ Wageningen University. Archived April 23, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/K7xLg
- 7Anna Holligan and Paul Kirby. โFarmers’ protest party win shock Dutch vote victory,โ BBC News, March 16, 2023. Archived March 16, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/VgeXu
- 8Anna Holligan and Paul Kirby. โFarmers’ protest party win shock Dutch vote victory,โ BBC News, March 16, 2023. Archived March 16, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/VgeXu
- 9โWho are the BBB? The BoerBurgerBeweging explained,โ The Northern Times, October 23, 2023. Archived February 21, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/vpoa6
- 10Anna Holligan and Paul Kirby. โFarmers’ protest party win shock Dutch vote victory,โ BBC News, March 16, 2023. Archived March 16, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/VgeXu
- 11โZetelverdeling Tweede Kamer,โ NOS Nieuws. Archived May 5, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/3Smk3
- 12โBBB-voorvrouw Caroline van der Plas: ‘Boeren, blokkeer de snelwegen niet’,โ Hart van Nederland, June 27, 2023. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 13Pim Pauwels. โBBB-leider Van der Plas wil dat boeren gevaarlijke acties stoppen,โ MetroNieuws, July 27, 2022. Archived February 27, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/7mDiY
- 14Caroline van der Plas. โNatuurlijk kun je proberen om versnelling tegen te gaan, maar klimaat zal altijd veranderen. Ook toen er nog nauwelijks of geen mensen, consumptie, autoโs, vliegtuigen en veehouderij waren, veranderde het klimaat. Wil niet zeggen dat je duurzamer met aarde mag en kunt omgaan.,โ X post from user @lientje1967, January 29, 2023. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
- 15Krista F Myers et al. โConsensus revisited: quantifying scientific agreement on climate change and climate expertise among Earth scientists 10 years later,โ Environmental Research, October 20, 2021. Archived May 8, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/PqgAa
- 16BBB. โKop dโr veur! Nederland als Volkshuis โ HJ Schoo-Lezing,โ September 5, 2023. Archived September 27, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/uSSdQ
- 17โCaroline van der Plas (BBB) wil mes zetten in klimaatdoelen: ‘Te ambitieus en scherp’,โ YouTube video uploaded by user @BNR, November 12, 2023. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 18โKrimp van de veestapel: Medaille met twee kanten,โ Wageningen University, March 1, 2021. Archived May 9th, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/FrX8p
- 19โCaroline van der Plas (BBB) wil mes zetten in klimaatdoelen: ‘Te ambitieus en scherp’,โ YouTube video uploaded by user @BNR, November 12, 2023. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 20โNee de natuur kan niet herstellen zonder stikstofreductie, ook al zegt Caroline van der Plas van wel.,โ Pointer, March 13, 2023. Archived December 2, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/557VJ
- 21โ‘We hebben geen stikstofprobleem, maar een stikstofwetprobleem!’ – Caroline van der Plas,โ YouTube video uploaded by user @BoerBurgerBewegingBBB, November 3, 2022. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 22โBBBetter every day,โ BoerBurgerBeweging. Archived December 14, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/tbB5U
- 23โNetherlands,โ Climate Watch. Archive URL: https://archive.is/j8RGF Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 24Remarkable. โREMARKABLE MAAKT OPMERKELIJKE BOERBURGERBEWEGING.โ. Archived June 16, 2022. Archive URL: https://archive.is/sgJt0
- 25Harm Ede Botje. โHoe de stadse Caroline van der Plas de stem van de boer werd,โ Follow the Money, March 11, 2023. Archived May 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/E4g0a
- 26Jan Daalder and Tom Claessens. โKwart BBB-Statenleden is boer, van wie ruim de helft vlakbij natuurgebieden,โ Follow the Money, April 13, 2023. Archived May 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/azdqh
- 27Jan Daalder and Harm Ede Botje. โAmbtenaren over dubbele pet van BBB-senator en pluimveelobbyist Oplaat: โVoel me niet vrij om dingen met hem te besprekenโ,โ Follow the Money, January 12, 2024. Archived April 17, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/zMDyJ
- 28Harm Ede Botje. โHoe de stadse Caroline van der Plas de stem van de boer werd,โ Follow the Money, March 11, 2023. Archived May 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/E4g0a
- 29โCaroline van der Plas,โ Linkedin. Accessed May 9th, 2024. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 30Harm Ede Botje. โHoe de stadse Caroline van der Plas de stem van de boer werd,โ Follow the Money, March 11, 2023. Archived May 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/E4g0a
- 31โBBBetter every day,โ BoerBurgerBeweging, [date]. Archived December 14, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/tbB5U
- 32โBBB nu in alle provincies de grootste partij geworden,โ NOS Nieuws, March 17, 2023. Archived July 18, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/nVN3P
- 33โDit betekent de winst van BBB voor het stikstofbeleid,โ RTL Nieuws, 2023. Archived May 9th, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/hm6Vj
- 34Oscar Vermeer, Marko de Haan and Yasmine Bouazzati. โIn de provincie leren BBBโers compromissen sluiten. En als het over stikstof gaat, wijzen ze vaak naar Den Haag,โ NRC, March 22, 2024. Archived April 4, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/8HhUp
- 35Ashoka Mukpo. โIn the Netherlands, pitchforks fly for an empire of cows,โ Mongabay, September 7, 2023. Archived April 26, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/rmwag
- 36โNee de natuur kan niet herstellen zonder stikstofreductie, ook al zegt Caroline van der Plas van wel.,โ Pointer, March 13, 2023. Archived December 2, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/557VJ
- 37Piet Lekkerkerk. โDe DDDubieuze start van BBB: financiรซle vervlechting, verdwenen donaties en verkochte boeken die niet in de boekhouding voorkomen,โ Blog post on FVD-Watch, October 23, 2023. Archived December 22, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/i1fOx
- 38Piet Lekkerkerk. โDe DDDubieuze start van BBB: financiรซle vervlechting, verdwenen donaties en verkochte boeken die niet in de boekhouding voorkomen,โ Blog post on FVD-Watch, October 23, 2023. Archived December 22, 2023. Archive URL: https://archive.is/i1fOx
- 39Harm Ede Botje. โHoe de stadse Caroline van der Plas de stem van de boer werd,โ Follow the Money, March 11, 2023. Archived May 9, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/E4g0a
- 40Johan Wissink. โBart Kemp stopt als voorzitter van Agractie,โ Nieuwe Oogst, January 24, 2024. Archived February 28, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/GbT4K
- 41Peter Wisser. โBoerenactiegroep Agractie: โLinksom of rechtsom snel nieuw kabinet nodigโ,โ NPO Radio, February 22, 2024. Archived February 22, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.is/5kuFV