Over 1 million people signed the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) 'End the Cage Age.' The EU committed to working this into policy. Yet there have been years of delay.
EU citizens have an important, though little-known, tool for making their voices heard: the European Citizens’ Initiative . An ECI is essentially a super-charged petition. If at least 1 million people from 7 countries sign it within 12 months, the European Commission is obligated to respond . “It is unique from a global perspective,” comments Carsten Berg, the director of the ECI Campaign, an NGO.
A whopping 170 NGOs were involved, led by Compassion in World Farming. Pisapia calls this “the biggest campaign ever done in Europe for farm animals.” It took a lot of campaigning, celebrity endorsements, and people on the streets collecting signatures. Despite the outpouring of support from across the EU, there has been plenty of talk yet little action on the ECI. In 2021, the European Parliament voted to support it. The European Commission also agreed toto gradually transition away from cages, as well as rules for imports. “It was an amazing day,” Pisapia remembers of this first-ever public commitment to implement an ECI. But 2022 came and went, then 2023, without any action.of a successful ECI.
Another incentive, Nicol says, is that “generally the mortality is lower in in the alternative systems.”One thing that makes Nicol hopeful is the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture. This consultative group, consisting of 29 organizations spanning the agriculture industry and NGOs, was convened by the EU with the aim of coming to an agreement about the direction of agriculture in the region.
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