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Published 11/09/2023News
Published 11/09/2023
EU faces consequences if plans to drop animal welfare laws go ahead
The EU is considering dropping its plans for stricter animal welfare measures. The movement 'End the Cage Age' warns that if the EU Commission goes ahead with its scandalous decision to drop the draft law, it will come back to haunt them.
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Published 25/07/2023
EU cage farming ban still on track despite attacks
The EU ban on caged farming is still on track despite the organised political attack on the European Green Deal, according to media reports.
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Published 11/07/2023
EU Parliament drops restrictions on farming pollution after industry pressure
Today, the European Parliament voted to drop proposed restrictions on pollution from factory farms, sabotaging the European Commission’s efforts to step up environmental and climate action.
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Published 29/06/2023
EU captured by the industrial farm lobby, reveals a new investigation
A new investigation by Politico revealed today that the main farm lobby in Brussels does not represent smallholders, yet it has a deep-rooted influence on the EU decision-making process.
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Published 27/06/2023
Members of the EU Parliament discuss new study on welfare of farmed fish
The EU needs stronger laws to protect the welfare of farmed fish, concluded a new study discussed today at the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee.
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Published 15/06/2023
MEPs to discuss investment risks of low animal welfare
On 4 July 2023, Compassion in World Farming is organising a roundtable discussion in Brussels on “Investment Risks of Low Animal Welfare” hosted by MEPs Pascal Durand (S&D, France) and Tilly Metz (Greens/EFA, Luxembourg).
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Published 13/06/2023
Bogus agricultural industry research threatens to keep animals caged
While Europeans hope the EU delivers on its promise to ban cages for farmed animals, the Big Agriculture lobby is banking on junk science to thwart progress. Last week, it launched yet another attack on the movement to end caged farming in the…
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Published 24/05/2023
Climat : les députés européens en charge de l'environnement contre un pass accordé aux exploitations industrielles de bovins pour maintenir le statut quo
Aujourd'hui, les membres du Parlement européen responsables de la politique environnementale ont voté contre des propositions visant à donner aux exploitations bovines industrielles un laissez-passer pour échapper à leur responsabilité…
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Published 16/05/2023
Dairy cows must not be tied in stalls and ducks and geese must not be caged, confirms EU scientific body
The EU must ensure better housing for dairy cows, ducks, geese, and quail to improve their welfare, confirmed scientists at the European Food Safety Authority in new opinions published today.
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Published 09/05/2023
EU Parliament fails to acknowledge the need to include plant-based drinks in schools
Today, the European Parliament has missed an opportunity to acknowledge the need to include plant-based milks in the EU scheme subsidising school meals.
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