05/04/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 5 April, the EU General Court ruled that the European Commission was well-founded in refusing, in 2014, the registration of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) aiming to ensure the protection and welfare of stray animals in the EU. In its ruling (Case T-361/14), the General Court said the guarantee of animal welfare did not form part of the objectives of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. It also considered that the...