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Ahead of the European elections, there are concerns about the state of democracy and rule of law in Europe. In the Netherlands, it is a concern hanging around the formation table. For a long time, Poland seemed to be heading in the same direction as Hungary, but since last October's elections, the tide seems to have turned there. The most important lesson we can learn from Poland? Democracy is not made in the voting booth, but on the streets.
… a statue was vandalized and fires were set in several places. In farmer app groups, the fantasies went even further, sharing (fictional) images of a burning down European Parliament. The protests were not without consequence: the European pesticide law was repealed, environmental requirements that farmers must meet to receive subsidies are being relaxed, and other European environmental and nature measures have also been watered down. All in all, when reading about the farmers' protests, few … drama. People only become interested in what is going on in Brussels when they feel that something is at stake. And when they realize that Brussels is a place where you can force change. And that is precisely what the peasant protests are doing. They show that Brussels is not only the place where important decisions are made, but can also be challenged. And that European decisions are not dictates chiseled in stone from above, but are sensitive to public opinion formation. In this sense, the peasant protests show the way to Brussels. Full-fledged European debate This does not mean that there is nothing wrong with the peasant protests. With their brutality, they clearly exceeded the standards of democratic protest. Moreover, it is understandable that many …