where harassed sometimes cyclists spit at us when they ride by it happens but there are a minority some people honk their horns most people just don't react at all. they're horrified by what's happening in poland public media has become store she pro-government did you dish really has been weakened with checks and balances in jeopardy. if things continue like this polish democracy won't survive. but constantly protesting takes its toll. could go home but it doesn't until recently she was a housewife looking after her daughter. now she's a political activist with a mission her life changed completely. i'm no longer is timid as i once was i used to be reserved now i'm surprised by how is certain of i've become. just. every day at noon the protestors perform the same

ritual. quotes the law the message constitutional court rulings must be published. part of the ritual is to keep track of the number of days that this law has been ignored by prime minister b. artist should. there. not be. then they hand out copies of the constitution but it soon becomes clear that the issues surrounding the constitution and the constitutional court is complicated too complicated for some. not all poles see the problem of their judiciary losing its independence so sometimes protesting can be a lonely business. many are what you could call politically opportunistic they all have their own lives their own families that's what they value most. that's understandable but short sighted we want people to look to the

future. the protestors put some effort into making their caravan cozy here now it's like a home away from home. you just we've gotten used to it we already spent a spring summer autumn and winter here now we're into the second year we've weathered all seasons so we know we can do is. sit up. at the outset they voted to keep protesting until the constitutional court rulings are published back then they hadn't expected their campaign caravan would become a permanent fixture. corn and in a province in the north of the netherlands is home to one of europe's leaches natural gas fields the gas from the region and brings in billions for the country but not without a cost thousands of residents say their homes have been damaged by earthquakes

brought on by the extraction of natural gas from shell rocks deep below the surface they wonder how could such a beautiful area and such a wealthy country be allowed to fall into ruin. grew up here in the area around haunting and close to the german border. setting off on a boat and enjoying nature from the water is something he never tires out. late this is my life we were all born on the water and love boats my father was a fisherman it's like heaven on. earth killed like these. but the area is no longer as a deliberate has it once was once a dream it's becoming a nightmare since two thousand and twelve explains there have been regular earthquakes there brought on by natural gas production in the region. that houses damaged that one is damaged all the houses here. you know that i gave that has been

living in an apartment for two years now his own house is surrounded by a fence these days. you can't really see the problem from the outside but let's go in then you'll see what's happened. the problems are on this side it's really bad over here. used to be my bedroom. baseball is already separated from the outside. and on this side the wall is come away from this one. so the next time there's a quite. probably come down and then there's. the natural gas company offered him just eight thousand euros compensation. for repairing the damage would probably be closer to a quarter million that's what it would take for him bags house to be safe enough to

live in what infuriates him most is that no one is taking action. if you are not used the natural gas producer is incredibly rich they have huge legal departments that try to draw everything out as long as possible. i always say they hang you on a little stick and wait for you to give up. that's how they do it and that's my impression of the film that is always you get is that. the object of hitches ayer is a company called numb a joint venture of the dutch state in the shell and exxon or lend gas multinationals spokesman explains that natural gas has been extracted here since one nine hundred sixty now the ground is giving way. over the years the gas is brought in three hundred billion euros in revenues but none of that money was put in reserve for potential damages. that will call for help we're going to get gas

field has made the dutch state a lot of money over many decades the money went into state coffers but now it's been spent on infrastructure public expenditures and the like so it's been used to do a lot of good things for the people of the netherlands. on their side of course we do know from a little about good things for the netherlands but horning one is left with a mass of problems. once beautiful houses have become uninhabitable. margaret cock and her family now live in this container furnished by the natural gas company they've had to trade their country estate for temporary quarters margaret is furious that her children how to grow up like this and constantly worries that something even worse could happen. here what if he goes on night and day you wake up at night because you hear a bang and the bed stunts to quaver or during the day you're in the kitchen you hear a noise and everything starts to shake. the

house has been or family for six generations now it would take over a million euros to restore it about one hundred thousand houses in the region or suffer damage and nobody wants to buy. and have lost until twenty fifteen the seller was always dry but now water is coming back in sometimes it's those he to forty centimeters deep and everything's covered in mold. there seems to be no solution for the problems beneath the ground and honing in. but yellen just paid to fund a hobby is helping people receive compensation more quickly sometimes he has to call in a power shovel to be able to determine exactly what caused the ground to change there's evidence to be used in court. in some spots like here and a bit farther on the ground water was up this high. and that wrecks the

houses especially after the bigger earthquake the earth resettle so much that groundwater is pushed to the surface in some places. yes extraction has been scaled back but the dutch authorities don't want to stop it entirely.