DeSmog analysed misleading statements by farming groups, media influencers, and political candidates in France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Ireland.

Some cast doubt on the climate science, while others painted EU regulators as part of an authoritarian “sect” wishing to control citizens through green measures.

Gerrit Schoeters, a Belgian cattle farmer, said he was unhappy about the prominent far-right imagery at the demonstration in Brussels.

Big and small farming groups have decided against attending the demo on the eve of the EU elections.

Panellists criticised net zero as “stupid propaganda” and suggested that climate action would “take us back to the dark ages”.

The nascent Orka movement has gained access to the president after vowing to toss the EU’s Green Deal “in the trash”.

Far-right gains in the EP would strengthen efforts to undermine Europe's Green Deal.

Hardline groups planning June protests accused the EU of “deliberately exterminating its own farmers” at the MCC Brussels event.

The far right is set to piggyback on agricultural discontent to capture votes in June.