EU Needs a Commissioner for Animal Welfare, Says Green MEP via Euractiv

Animal welfare should be explicitly mentioned in the title of a Commissioner in the next legislative mandate to make it a priority of the next EU executive and avoid the risks of having more animal testing in Europe, according to Green MEP Tilly Metz.

According to her, having animal welfare rules that are more progressive than those in other parts of the world is not enough if legislative initiatives are not accompanied by a roadmap with concrete targets.

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