Brussels rejects Dutch request to dump manure on fields
Sander Tordoir, chief economist of the Centre for European Reform think-tank, said the next government had to act. “Policy drift has produced a three-way freeze: developers face prolonged permit uncertainty, investors lack confidence to commit capital and farmers remain stuck between shifting targets. “Meanwhile, the environmental and economic costs continue to accumulate. The government has few painless options, but inaction is clearly the worst.”