Animal Politics EU
Animal Politics EU | |
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| Founded | 2014 |
| Ideology | Animal rights[1] Animal welfare[1] |
| European Parliament group | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL |
| European Parliament | 2 / 720
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Animal Politics EU, formerly Euro Animal 7, is a group of animal rights parties in European Union countries.
Goals
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Group members 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
[edit]| Country | Party | Votes in national parliament election | National MPs | 2014 MEPs | Votes in European parliament election 2019 | 2019 result and MEPs | Votes in European parliament election 2024 | 2024 result and MEPs |
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 Belgium |
DierAnimal | 47,733 (5 of 11 constituencies) | 0 | 0 | 606 (only German Community) | 1.5%, 0 | did not contest | |
 Cyprus |
Animal Party Cyprus ‡ | 4,088 | 0 | 0 | 2,208 | 0.8%, 0 | 1,013 | 0.3% , 0 |
 France |
Animalist Party | 63,637 (142 of 577 constituencies) | 0 | 0 | 490,074 | 2.2%, 0 | 494,356 | 2.0%, 0 |
 Finland |
Animal Justice Party of Finland | 3,378 | 0 | 0 | 2,917 | 0.2%, 0 | did not contest | |
 Germany |
Human Environment Animal Protection ‡ | 675,353 | 0 | 1[3] | 542,226 | 1.4%, 1[4]b | 570,498 | 1.4%, 1 |
 Italy |
Italian Animalist Party | 0 | 0 | 160,270 | 0.6%, 0 | not part of Animal Politics EU | ||
 Netherlands |
Party for the Animals ‡ | 235,148[5] | 3[6][5] | 1 | 220,938 | 4.0%, 1 | 279,239 | 4.5%, 1 |
 Portugal |
People–Animals–Nature (PAN) ‡ | 88,127[7] | 1[8] | 0 | 167,130 | 5.5%, 1[9]a | 48,033 | 1.2%, 0 |
 Sweden |
The Animals' Party ‡ | 3,648 | 0 | 0 | 4,105 | 0.1%, 0 | did not contest | |
 Spain |
Animalist Party with the Environment (PACMA) ‡ | 326,045 | 0 | 0 | 294,657 | 1.3%, 0 | 134,425 | 0.8%, 0 |
 United Kingdom |
Animal Welfare Party ‡ | 3,086 (6 out of 650 constituencies) | 0 | 0 | 25,232 | 1.1% (only in London) | no longer in European Union | |
‡ Founding parties of EuroAnimal 7.
Notes
[edit]- ^ PAN's MEP resigned from the party in June 2020 and remained in the Greens/EFA parliamentary group as an independent MEP.
- ^ Tierschutzpartei's MEP resigned from the party in February 2020 and remained as a non-inscrit MEP.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Kiesraad - Verkiezingsuitslagen". www.verkiezingsuitslagen.nl. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Support plunges for pro-animal party founder Marianne Thieme". 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Resultados Globais - Eleições Legislativas 2022". Secretaria-Geral do Ministério da Administração Interna (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "PAN consegue eleger um deputado". Renascença (in European Portuguese). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "PAN perde o seu único deputado no Parlamento Europeu por "divergências políticas"". Expresso (in European Portuguese). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
