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.

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

The company’s carbon footprint is equivalent to over 16 coal fired power stations each year.

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.

Meat and dairy groups have funded adverts that cast vegan products as unhealthy, unnatural and ultra processed.

Defeat of law by right-wing MEPs would be “final nail in the coffin” for Green Deal, say campaigners.

Producers say 'No Farmers, No Food' is a populist initiative that serves to “whip up indignation and anger”.