{"id":3253,"date":"2025-10-31T11:33:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/?p=3253"},"modified":"2025-10-31T11:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:50:01","slug":"no-animal-welfare-the-commissions-response-courtesy-of-the-brussels-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/no-animal-welfare-the-commissions-response-courtesy-of-the-brussels-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Pas de bien-\u00eatre animal ? La r\u00e9ponse de la Commission, avec l'aimable autorisation du Brussels Times"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quoting our Legislative Advocacy Manager Gabriela Kub\u00edkov\u00e1 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brusselstimes.com\/1809368\/commission-fails-to-explain-lack-of-animal-welfare-proposals-in-work-programme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their article on 23rd October<\/a>, they wrote that <em>&#8220;the omission is particularly concerning given the crucial importance of this file for the EU\u2019s animal agriculture sector, which clearly merits inclusion among the Commission\u2019s key priorities for next year. After our disappointment in 2023, when the revision of the legislation largely fell through despite years of consultations, studies, and evidence-gathering, it is unsurprising that trust has eroded.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brussels Times approached the Commission for a comment following the week of backlash from us and other animal advocates. According to reporter Mose Apelblat, \u201ca source in the Commission replied [&#8230;] that animal welfare remains a key priority. <em>\u201cOn the basis of a sector-by-sector approach, it aims to present legislative proposals on the revision of the existing EU animal welfare legislation.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn the ECI specifically, <em>\u201cthe Commission is carefully assessing important aspects to ensure that the transition to cage-free farming is sustainable for the agricultural sector and for our food systems, including food security.\u201d\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked to elaborate on the <em>&#8220;elements on animal welfare&#8221;<\/em> in the livestock strategy, the Commission referred Mose to the livestock workstream, launched by Commissioner Hansen in May 2025, which \u2013 according to DG SANTE in September \u2013 will include a follow-up on the Commission\u2019s commitment to phase out the use of cages for certain species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cA first legislative proposal is expected by the end of 2026 . . . but the sector(s) covered remain to be decided based on the stakeholder consultation and what is feasible for the sector(s) covered,\u201d<\/em> they told him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We demand more clarity on timelines and concrete milestones for next year\u2019s actions \u2013 and we urge the Commission, with the failed revision attempt of the past term in mind, to listen to the public and to the scientific evidence and finally finish the job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Brussels Times a \u00e9t\u00e9 choqu\u00e9, tout comme nous, par l'absence de mention du bien-\u00eatre animal dans le programme de travail 2026 de la Commission europ\u00e9enne la semaine derni\u00e8re. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,37],"tags":[39],"language":[26],"class_list":["post-3253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-appearances","category-policy-news","tag-farmed-animals","language-english"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3256,"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3253\/revisions\/3256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3253"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animallaweurope.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=3253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}