On Wednesday 16 February, the European Parliament called for a “harmonised and mandatory EU framework with common requirements for voluntary animal welfare labelling”.
In adopting (496 votes in favour, 140 against and 51 abstentions) the report by Jérémy Decerle (Renew Europe, France) assessing animal welfare on farms, the European Parliament also asked the European Commission to negotiate, at multilateral level and in the framework of bilateral agreements, “reciprocity clauses (...)...