Animal Politics EU

Animal Politics EU, formerly Euro Animal 7, is a group of animal rights based parties within countries in the European Union. They call for:[3]

  • Raise the moral and legal status of animals
  • Improve the welfare of animals kept for farming purposes and ensure proper enforcement of animal welfare legislation across all EU member states
  • Phase out farming practices which are harmful to animals and re-direct EU subsidies away from the intensive livestock industry, into sustainable, plant-based and organic agriculture
  • End the cruel long-distance transport of live animals within and outside the EU
  • Stop overfishing within and outside European waters
  • Phase out animal testing with binding targets for reduction and replacement, combined with incentives for alternative testing methods
  • End legal derogations and subsidies for so-called cultural and religious traditions that involve cruelty to animals, such as bullfighting, non-stun slaughter and foie gras production
  • Fight the illicit trade of pets in the EU and halt the barbaric treatment of stray dogs and cats in Europe
  • Implement a ban on hunting and prohibit the import of wildlife trophies
  • Close all fur farms in Europe and ban fur imports from third countries
  • Take hazardous pesticides and endocrine disrupting chemicals o the market
  • Combat climate change by supporting a shift towards a plant-based lifestyle, implementing a
  • CO2 tax for companies and speeding up e orts to realise a complete switch to renewable energy
  • Realise efficient, affordable and accessible public transport, as an alternative to air travel

Animal Politics EU
Founded2014
IdeologyAnimal rights[1]
Animal welfare[2]
European Parliament groupEuropean United Left–Nordic Green Left
Greens–European Free Alliance
European Parliament
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Member parties

CountryPartyVotes in national parliament electionNational MPs2014 MEPsVotes in European parliament election 20192019 MEPs
 BelgiumDierAnimal47,733 (5 of 11 constituencies) 0 0 606 (only German Community) 1.49%, 0
 CyprusAnimal Party Cyprus4,088 0 0 2,208 0.79%, 0
 FranceAnimalist Party63,637 (142 of 577 constituencies) 0 0 490,074 2.16%, 0
 FinlandAnimal Justice Party of Finland3,378 0 0 2,917 0.16%, 0
 GermanyHuman Environment Animal Protection374,179 (10 of 16 Bundesländer) 0 1[4] 542,226 1.45%, 1[5]
 ItalyItalian Animalist Party 0 0 160,270 0.60%, 0
 NetherlandsParty for the Animals335,214 4[6] 1 220,938 4.02%, 1
 PortugalPeople–Animals–Nature166,854 3[7]a 0 167,130 5.46%, 0[8]b
 SwedenThe Animals' Party3,648 0 0 4,105 0.10%, 0
 SpainAnimalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals326,045 0 0 294,657 1.31%, 0

Notes

^ One of PAN's elected national MP resigned from the party in June 2020 and remained in parliament as an independent MP.
^ PAN's only MEP resigned from the party in June 2020 and remained in the Greens–European Free Alliance group as an independent MEP .

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