MEPs debated this week a citizens’ initiative to ban the use of cages for farm animals. The public hearing was organised jointly by Parliament’s Agriculture and Petitions committees on the European Citizens’ Initiative “End the Cage Age”.
Together with organisers of the initiative, Commissioners and representatives of other EU bodies, MEPs highlighted the importance of listening and acting on citizens’ concerns about animal welfare. Any potential phase-out of caged farming was seen to require proper financial support, incentives and an adequate transition period.
You can watch a video recording of this debate and also read the press release.
