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.