Animal Politics EU

Animal Politics EU
Founded2014
IdeologyAnimal rights
Animal welfare
European Parliament groupThe Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL
European Parliament
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Animal Politics EU, formerly Euro Animal 7, is a group of animal rights parties in European Union countries.

Goals

Group members call for:

  • 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 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 out of the market
  • Combat climate change by supporting a shift towards a plant-based lifestyle
  • Implementing a CO2 tax for companies and speeding up efforts to realise a complete switch to renewable energy
  • Realise efficient, affordable and accessible public transport, as an alternative to air travel

Member parties

Country Party Votes in national parliament election National MPs 2014 MEPs Votes in European parliament election 2019 2019 MEPs
 Belgium DierAnimal 47,733 (5 of 11 constituencies) 0 0 606 (only German Community) 1.49%, 0
 Cyprus Animal Party Cyprus 4,088 0 0 2,208 0.79%, 0
 France Animalist Party 63,637 (142 of 577 constituencies) 0 0 490,074 2.16%, 0
 Finland Animal Justice Party of Finland 3,378 0 0 2,917 0.16%, 0
 Germany Animal Protection Party 675,353 0 1 542,226 1.45%, 1 (resigned in February 2020)
 Italy Italian Animalist Party 0 0 160,270 0.60%, 0
 Netherlands Party for the Animals 399,750 6 1 220,938 4.02%, 1
 Portugal People–Animals–Nature (PAN) 88,127 1 0 167,130 5.46%, 0a
 Sweden The Animals' Party 3,648 0 0 4,105 0.10%, 0
 Spain Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) 326,045 0 0 294,657 1.31%, 0

Founding parties of EuroAnimal 7. The Animal Welfare Party of the United Kingdom was also a founding party, but as a result of Brexit, no longer participates in EU electoral alliances.


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