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Animal Politics EU
Animal Politics EU, formerly Euro Animal 7, is an animal rights European political alliance. Ideology Animal Politics EU is considered left-wing. The parties of Animal Politics EU take clear left-wing ideological positions, calling for enlargements of welfare systems, stressing the need to fight against social inequalities, and openly criticizing capitalism. The group believes in the need to regulate and limit capitalism and globalization, arguing that compassion to animals should extend to socio-economic issues, stating that there is a "moral obligation to protect or care for the weakest creatures and give ‘a voice to the voiceless ones’—not only animals but also human beings with severe restrictions, children, and possibly poor people and oppressed or discriminated minorities." The group proposes a catalogue of policies that is shared by all of its member parteies, which include improving the legal status of all animals, redirecting EU subsidies away from livestock and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Rights
Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all Animal consciousness, sentient animals have Moral patienthood, moral worth independent of their Utilitarianism, utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. The argument from marginal cases is often used to reach this conclusion. This argument holds that if marginal human beings such as infants, senile people, and the Cognition, cognitively disabled are granted moral status and negative rights, then nonhuman animals must be granted the same moral consideration, since animals do not lack any known morally relevant characteristic that marginal-case humans have. Broadly speaking, and particularly in popular discourse, the term "animal rights" is often used synonymously with "animal protection" or "animal liberation". More narrowly, "animal rights" refers to the idea that many animals have fundamen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The European Parliament
A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community) first met in 1952, its members were directly appointed by the governments of member states from among those already sitting in their own national parliaments. Since 1979, however, MEPs have been elected by direct universal suffrage every five years. Each Member state of the European Union, member state establishes its own method for electing MEPs – and in some states this has changed over time – but the system chosen must be a form of proportional representation. Some member states elect their MEPs to represent a single national constituency; other states apportion seats to sub-national regions for election. There may also be non-voting observers when a Enlargement of the European Union, new country is seeking membershi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties Established In 2014
Politics () is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of status or resources. The branch of social science that studies politics and government is referred to as political science. Politics may be used positively in the context of a "political solution" which is compromising and non-violent, or descriptively as "the art or science of government", but the word often also carries a negative connotation.. The concept has been defined in various ways, and different approaches have fundamentally differing views on whether it should be used extensively or in a limited way, empirically or normatively, and on whether conflict or co-operation is more essential to it. A variety of methods are deployed in politics, which include promoting one's own political views among people, negotiation with other political subjects, making laws, and exercising internal and external f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Welfare Party
Animal Welfare Party (AWP) is a minor political party in the United Kingdom campaigning on an animal welfare, environment and health platform.Animal Welfare Party websiteVision/ref> History The party was founded in December 2006 by Jasmijn de Boo, a Dutch national, of Kennington, London, and Shaun Rutherford of Milford Haven, Wales, as Animals Count!"Activists welcome animal rights party" ''BBC News'', 3 December 2006 The party was registered with the on 22 January 2007. In October 2010, Vanessa Hudson was elected as party leader. In 2013, the party changed its name from Animals Count! to the Animal Welfare Party. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animalist Party With The Environment
The Animalist Party With the Environment (; PACMA), formerly called Animalist Party Against the Mistreatment of Animals (), is a Spanish political party founded in Bilbao on 24 February 2003. It is focused on animal rights and animal welfare, as a part of the requirement of respect for the right to life. Although its headquarters were initially in Barcelona, it is now established in Madrid. During the Spanish elections in December 2015, PACMA received 1,034,617 votes for the Senate and 219,000 for the Congress, but did not have any representatives elected due to particularities of the Spanish Electoral Law. By number of votes, PACMA widely overcame other parties that won seats in the Congress and Senate. In order to achieve a law in which every vote is worth the same, PACMA is now campaigning for electoral reform. Electoral performance Cortes Generales European Parliament See also * Animal Politics EU * Anti-bullfighting city * List of animal advocacy parties In the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Animals' Party
Animals' Party ( Swedish: ''Djurens parti''; DjuP or DP) is an animal rights party in Sweden, founded on February 14, 2014. Election results Riksdag European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ... References 2014 establishments in Sweden Animal rights organizations Minor political parties in Sweden Animal advocacy parties Political parties established in 2014 {{Sweden-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People–Animals–Nature
People-Animals-Nature (, PAN) is an environmentalist, animal rights, and animal welfare-focused political party in Portugal, which was founded in 2009. In the 2011 Madeiran regional election, it had 2.13% of the votes, with a total of 3,135 votes, thus having elected one MP also in this regional parliament, Rui Manuel dos Santos Almeida. In 2015, they won one seat in the Assembly of the Republic.Legislativas 2015 . Retrieved 19 February 2017. In 2019, the People Animals Nature won one seat in the , and increased their seat share to 4 in the Assembly (with 2 seats won in |
Party For The Animals
The Party for the Animals ( , PvdD) is a List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. Among its main goals are animal rights and animal welfare. The PvdD was founded in 2002 as a single-issue party for animal rights, opposing animal cruelty and the treatment of animals in agriculture. The party then developed into a left-wing, ecological party. Since 2019, the PvdD's political leader is Esther Ouwehand. With 2.25% of the votes at the 2023 Dutch general election, 2023 general election, the PvdD holds three of the 150 House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives's seats. In the Senate (Netherlands), Senate, it has three of the 75 seats. PvdD holds 26 States-Provincial seats across all provinces. In the European Parliament, it has one of the 31 seats allocated to the Netherlands (European Parliament constituency), Netherlands constituency. History Founding The Party for the Animals was founded on 28 October 2002 by Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Animalist Party
The Italian Animalist Party () is a political party in Italy focused animal rights. It was founded on 4 July 2006 and is led by Cristiano Ceriello. History The Italian Animalist Party was founded in 2006 by lawyer and animal rights activist Cristiano Ceriello. The main objectives of the Italian Animalist Party are animal liberation and climate change activism. It was one of the member parties of the EUDemocrats, a left-wing Eurosceptic European political party. In 2019, the Italian Animalist Party participated in the 2019 European Parliament election, obtaining 0.6% at the national level, making it the tenth Italian political party by number of seats held. In 2020, the party organized food collections for animals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy and presented a petition to the president of the province of Trento and to the Prefect and the Minister of the Environment asking for the release of the M49 bear. Ideology The Italian Animalist Party was founded with an "ultimate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Environment Animal Protection Party
The Human Environment Animal Protection Party (, short form: Animal Protection Party, ) is a political party in Germany, founded in 1993. In 2014, the party elected one Member of the European Parliament, MEP to the European Parliament, and it has remained at one MEP since. Between 2020 and 2024, the party was briefly unrepresented in the European Parliament due to the resignation of Martin Buschmann. The party has never had any members in any of the German state parliaments, nor has it ever had any members of the Bundestag. History The Animal Protection Party first contested the 1993 Hamburg state election and received 0.3% of the vote. The party contested the 1994 German federal election, 1994 federal election where it received 0.15% of the national vote (71,643 votes in total). It performed best in Bavaria, where it received 0.4% of the vote. In the 1995 North Rhine-Westphalia state election, the party received 0.1% of the vote. In the 1996 Baden-Württemberg state election, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Justice Party Of Finland
Animal Justice Party of Finland (, ) is a political party in Finland founded in 2015 and admitted to the registry of political parties in 2016. The party's chairman is Tatu Chanth. The party participated in the municipal elections in 2017. In 2019, the party joined the Animal Politics EU movement. It was de-registered in 2023 after failing to win any seats in two consecutive parliamentary elections, and re-registered again in 2024. Ideology According to the party's manifesto, its main goal is to make Finland "a society where humans and other animals are offered equal rights to a full life and a secure future", and to promote fair treatment of all animals. The party supports veganism, arguing that eating meat cannot be considered a private preference because it threatens the environment and ecosystems on Earth. The EOP states that "the meat norm and the habits associated with it must be dismantled". It argues that "moving to a vegan society is the lifeblood of our future", and see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animalist Party
The Animalist Party () is a French political party focused on animal rights and against cruelty to animals. History For the 2022 French legislative election, the party presented 421 candidates in the first round of this election, with the primary objective not of obtaining seats but of highlighting the theme of the animal cause in France. Election results National Assembly Any vote received brings in 1,42 € per year for the five years of the mandate. With its 63,637 votes, the animalist party has thus benefited from a total of 45,000 € in subsidies for the last five years. The money earned in 2022 is expected to be much higher. European Parliament See also * Animal welfare and rights in France * Ecological Revolution for the Living * List of animal advocacy parties In the early 21st century, several political parties were founded that have as their main goal the improvement of animal welfare and the recognition of animal rights: Parties that are no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
