>Former deputy prime minister Johan Remkes, meanwhile, is defending his proposals – though he admits they come at a cost. He says under the EU's so-called "green" agenda, "the Netherlands will be locked up because it will be legally almost impossible to issue permits. Not for houses, not for farms, not for roads." "I write this with a heavy heart, but I see no other way," Remkes said. "I don't expect the agricultural sector will be happy with this report." He's flat out admitting that the EU is blackmailing (*the literal definition of blackmailing*) the Dutch government. Remkes is claiming that shutting down 600 farms is the lesser evil. Because if they don't it'll be far worse. But the thing about blackmailing is that it doesn't stop. The second the 600 farms are shut down, they will demand another 600 farms be shut down. And what will the lesser evil be? Shutting down 600 more farms will be the lesser evil. And then they'll use their blackmail to shut down 600 more. Shutting down 1,000 farms may be the worse than the alternative. But by limiting it to 600 farms at a time, they will blackmail the Netherlands into giving up all of it's agriculture. Either shutting down the agriculture sector, bankrupting it, seizing it, or a combination of those things.