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The number of reports of labor exploitation has increased by 13 percent, mainly in the hospitality and agricultural sectors, but the prosecution of perpetrators remains dramatically low, according to the recently published figures from the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings. #arbeidsuitbuiting #mensenhandel #arbeidsmarkt (translated)

The number of reports of labor exploitation in the Netherlands increased by 13 percent last year, mainly in the hospitality and agriculture sectors, while the number of perpetrators being punished remains behind, according to the National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking. #arbeidsuitbuiting #mensenhandel #sectorkritiek (translated)

In Brussels, the Twenty-Five have begun difficult negotiations over the European budget, with the urgent need to reach an agreement before the 2027 elections, with important issues such as agricultural funding, support for Ukraine, and defense still to be decided. #BudgetUE #NégociationsEuropéennes #Elections2027 (translated)

Caroline van der Plas wrote that the CDA also seemed to be in favor of the Agriculture Alliance being represented at the table with the Minister of LVVN, just like NAJK and LTO. She said she would submit a motion regarding this and expected that the CDA would support it. https://t.co/QFFnpt7Qs6 #Landbouw #Politiek #CDA (translated)

Marianne Zwagerman wrote that according to multiple well-informed sources, it was mainly the CDA that exerted heavy pressure behind the scenes on Agriculture Minister Jaimi van Essen (D66). According to her, the Christian Democrats feared that farmers' organizations LTO and NAJK, the organization of young farmers, would leave the negotiating table if there were no fundamental adjustments. https://t.co/3SyXFlXTpu #landbouw #CDA #politiek (translated)

Femke Marije wrote that according to her, no attempt had been made to choose feasible policy with a right-wing course without disastrous consequences for agriculture. She stated that collaboration with PRO was considered necessary and called for reflection. She also shared an article about the rising tension around nitrogen policy now that the CDA wanted adjustments. https://t.co/qfIISs8n9W #stikstofbeleid #landbouw #CDA (translated)

Farmers' organizations united in the Agriculture Alliance want to talk to Minister Van Essen about their own nitrogen proposals, including abolishing the nitrogen letter and simplifying permits, but the chance that the minister will accept their plans seems minimal. #stikstofproblematiek #LandbouwAlliantie #boerenacties (translated)

Mona Keijzer wrote that Remkes had seen despair in reasonable people in October 2022 and that, according to her, this was still the case. She quoted Jeroen van Maanen, who said he did not understand why the situation he considered nonsensical continued. Keijzer also reported that the Agricultural Alliance had presented an alternative plan that day to solve the nitrogen law problem; she called it a good plan. #Stikstofproblematiek #Landbouw #AlternatiefPlan (translated)

The Court of Appeal for Trade and Industry has decided that an investigation must still be conducted into the whether or not unlawful docking of pigs' tails at three pig farmers, despite the earlier decision by the Secretary of State for Agriculture not to take further action. #varkensstaarten #dierenwelzijn #landbouw (translated)