Ursula von der Leyen surrendered to angry farmers last week faster than you could shake a pitchfork or dump a tractor-load of manure outside the European parliament.
Von der Leyen's sudden U-turn on one of her signature policies was not just an attempt to defuse a spreading continent-wide rural revolt over rising fuel costs, burdensome environmental regulations, retailers' price squeezes and cheap imports. It was also a sign of growing panic among the EU's mainstream parties over the seemingly inexorable rise of far-right nationalists ahead of the June elections.
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