The European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee stated that the use of cages in animal farming could be phased out by 2027, after an impact assessment and a properly funded transition.

In their response to the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘End the Cage Age’, MEPs called on the European Commission to come up with a draft EU law on fair and sustainable farming and to propose a revision of existing EU rules on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes. EP adopted its resolution on 10 June (TA(2021)0295). For more info, read also the press release here.