Animal Politics EU
Animal Politics EU | |
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Founded | 2014 |
Ideology | Animal rights[1] Animal welfare[1] |
European Parliament group | European United Left–Nordic Green Left Greens–European Free Alliance |
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Animal Politics EU, formerly Euro Animal 7, is a group of animal rights parties in European Union countries.
Goals[]
They call for:[2]
- 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 | ‡ | 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 ‡ | 374,179 (10 of 16 Bundesländer) | 0 | 1[3] | 542,226 | 1.45%, 1[4] (resigned in February 2020) |
Italy | Italian Animalist Party | 0 | 0 | 160,270 | 0.60%, 0 | |
Netherlands | Party for the Animals ‡ | 335,214 | 6[5] | 1 | 220,938 | 4.02%, 1 |
Portugal | People–Animals–Nature (PAN) ‡ | 166,854 | 3[6]a | 0 | 167,130 | 5.46%, 0[7]b |
Sweden | ‡ | 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.[8]
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 .
References[]
- ^ a b Europe’s Animal Welfare Party Could Make History This Week. Care2, 21 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ Benakis, Theodoros (5 April 2019). "Animal Politics EU present collective manifesto ahead of 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.
- ^ "Support plunges for pro-animal party founder Marianne Thieme". 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Deputada do PAN à Assembleia da República desvincula-se do partido. Mantém-se como não inscrita". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "PAN perde o seu único deputado no Parlamento Europeu por "divergências políticas"". Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ Morini, Marco (8 August 2018). "'Animals first!' The rise of animal advocacy parties in the EU: a new party family". Contemporary Politics. 24 (4): 422. doi:10.1080/13569775.2018.1434450. ISSN 1356-9775.
Categories:
- Political parties established in 2014
- Animal advocacy parties
- Pan-European political parties