The farmers’ protests against the EU’s extreme new green policies, which drastically hurt farms’ finances have escalated. A huge column of tractors has choked the bloc’s capital, Brussels, and chaos in the streets outside the EU’s HQ has brought the political heart of Europe to a standstill. Von der Leyen has caved in to some demands, earlier this month scrapping a demand to reduce farming-related emissions like nitrogen by a third, along with others. She may need to listen to more of the farmers’ demands if she’s serious in her bid for re-election…