MEP Jérémy Decerle (Renew Europe, France)—whose report on animal welfare was adopted (36 votes in favour, 5 against, and 7 abstentions) in the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture on Tuesday, 26 October—felt that animal welfare rules needed to be harmonised at the European level before being made stricter (see EUROPE B12819A5).
Mr Decerle lamented the fact that the Greens/EFA had voted against the report even though the group had participated in drafting the...