The province puts forward all sorts of technical arguments against this. The so-called Interim Environmental Ordinance states how you can express your opinion outside built-up areas with flags, banners and signs. If you want to express your thoughts and feelings, you should do so with a board. Not with a flag. And if the farmer sees his action as a manifestation, then the flags of farmer Arno do not meet the requirements. They are too far from his yard and they are not an active manifestation of limited time. If the court finds that there is a manifestation, then a maximum of four flags are allowed according to the regulation.
Baarn farmer in court for inverted flags: ‘The government has declared war on the farmers’
