The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Parliament, in association with the Committee on Petitions, jointly organised a public hearing on the European Citizens’ Initiative “End the Cage Age’’. The initiative was registered on 5 September 2018 and its result was submitted to the European Commission, after having gathered the support of almost 1.4 million signatories with the minimum threshold reached in 18 Member States.
The initiative calls on the European Commission to end keeping farmed animals in cages and to propose legislation to prohibit its use.
Location : European Parliament, Meeting room SPAAK 3C50 – in remote – Brussels
Presentations of organisers – Concluding slides
Speech by Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety
‘End the cage age’ report, October 2020
Scientific briefing on caged farming, February 2021
‘End the cage age: Looking for alternatives’ Study, November 2020
‘Farm to Fork’ strategy: Striving for healthy and sustainable food, June 2020