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Animal Politics EU, formerly Euro Animal 7, is a group of animal rights parties in
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
countries.
Goals
They 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
Organic farming, also known as ecological farming or biological farming,Labelling, article 30 o''Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and re ...
* 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
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Combat climate change by supporting a shift towards a plant-based lifestyle
*Implementing a CO
2 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
‡ Founding parties of EuroAnimal 7. The
Animal Welfare Party of the United Kingdom was also a founding party, but as a result of
Brexit
Brexit (; a portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February 2020 CET).The UK also left the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC ...
, no longer participates in EU electoral alliances.
Notes
: PAN's only MEP resigned from the party in June 2020 and remained in the GUE/NGL parliamentary group as an independent MEP.
References
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Political parties established in 2014
Animal advocacy parties
Pan-European political parties