Animal Politics EU
Animal Politics EU | |
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Founded | 2014 |
Ideology | Animal rights Animal welfare |
European Parliament group | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL |
European Parliament | 1 / 705
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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 |
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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.