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.

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

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

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