Soaring energy prices are raising fears of a wave of closures among producers, despite government aid.
In the city of Haarlem, about twenty kilometers from Amsterdam, the flower parade is the event of the year. “This is the biggest and most beautiful parade of flower growers. Starting from Noordwijk, near the sea, and following the Keukenhof flower parkit crosses the entire region known as the bulbs and attracts a million national and international visitors”, we explain to the local tourist office. However, if the tourists are back, the producers are likely to be fewer on April 22, because the sector is going through a deep crisis. The war on Europe’s doorstep has had the triple effect of depriving producers of two markets, Russia and Ukraine, but also of causing inflation to soar, forcing Dutch and European consumers to cut spending, and above all to cause the prices of electricity and natural gas to explode. However, while some tulips, roses and hydrangeas grow in the ground, most grow in greenhouses.
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