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 | |
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Founded | 2014 |
Ideology | Animal rights[1] Animal welfare[2] |
European Parliament group | European United Left–Nordic Green Left Greens–European Free Alliance |
European Parliament | 1 / 705
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Member parties
Country | Party | Votes in national parliament election | National MPs | 2014 MEPs | Votes in European parliament election 2019 | 2019 MEPs |
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DierAnimal | 47,733 (5 of 11 constituencies) | 0 | 0 | 606 (only German Community) | 1.49%, 0 | |
Animal Party Cyprus | 4,088 | 0 | 0 | 2,208 | 0.79%, 0 | |
Animalist Party | 63,637 (142 of 577 constituencies) | 0 | 0 | 490,074 | 2.16%, 0 | |
Animal Justice Party of Finland | 3,378 | 0 | 0 | 2.917 | 0.16%, 0 | |
Human Environment Animal Protection | 374,179 (10 of 16 Bundesländer) | 0 | 1[4] | 542.226 | 1.45%, 1[5] | |
Italian Animalist Party | 0 | 0 | 160,270 | 0.60%, 0 | ||
Party for the Animals | 335,214 | 4[6] | 1 | 220.938 | 4.02%, 1 | |
People–Animals–Nature | 166,854 | 4[7] | 0 | 167,130 | 5.46%, 1[8] | |
The Animals' Party | 3,648 | 0 | 0 | 4,105 | 0.10%, 0 | |
Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals | 326,045 | 0 | 0 | 294,657 | 1.31%, 0 |
References
- Europe’s Animal Welfare Party Could Make History This Week. Care2, 21 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- Europe’s Animal Welfare Party Could Make History This Week. Care2, 21 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- https://www.europeaninterest.eu/article/animal-politics-eu-present-collective-manifesto-ahead-eu-elections/
- "Results of the 2014 European elections". European Parliament. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "Nach der Wahl: Ergebnis Tierschutzpartei Europawahl 2019". Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz (in German). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/07/support-plunges-for-pro-animal-party-founder-marianne-thieme/
- "Total Global 2019 – Resultados". RTP. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- "Portugal EU elections 2019". Politico. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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