On Thursday 12 October, a large majority of MEPs who took part in a hearing in the European Parliament on the Fur Free Europe Citizens’ Initiative supported the ECI’s ambitions, namely an EU-wide ban on the farming and slaughter of animals for the purpose of producing fur.
The ECI also calls on the European Commission to ban fur and fur-containing products from being placed on the market in the EU (see EUROPE B12912A30), a request supported by several MEPs.
The European Commission must...