On Tuesday 17 December in Strasbourg, MEPs condemned the events that led to the sinking of a cargo ship in Romania carrying 14,600 sheep and asked to shed light on the case.
Herbert Dorfmann (EPP, Italy) said that the transport of live animals “is not always avoidable”, but supported the European Parliament's request to give priority, “as much as possible”, to the transport of carcasses rather than live animals (see EUROPE B12194A13).
For Paolo de Castro (S&D, Italy), EU farmers,...