At a plenary debate in Strasbourg on Thursday 14 March, Members of the European Parliament were divided on the action taken during this mandate to improve animal welfare.
Niels Fuglsang (S&D, Danish), who initiated the debate, regretted the European Commission’s “broken promises” to “put an end to the suffering” of animals. He was supported by other Scandinavian MEPs, including Emma Wiesner (Renew Europe, Swedish), who blamed the EPP and ECR groups for the lack of ambitious...