Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002610/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Niels Fuglsang (S&D)
- 1.Does the Commission agree that for both food safety and animal welfare reasons, it is undesirable to process meat for human consumption from bulls killed in bullfights, and can it indicate whether it is possible that such meat is circulating on the EU market without a label informing consumers of its source?
- 2.Can the Commission confirm that around EUR 200 million is allocated each year, through the common agricultural policy (CAP), to the breeders of bulls intended for bullfighting, indicate whether it is willing to change this in the future CAP, and state whether it is willing to open a dialogue and/or make a proposal regarding the welfare of animals used for culture and tradition?
- 3.Can the Commission give its opinion on bullfighting in relation to animal welfare, explain its interpretation of Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which relates to animal welfare measures, in the context of culture and tradition, and indicate whether it agrees that animal welfare should be safeguarded in this context, as was decided recently in Mexico City[1]?
Submitted: 27.6.2025
- [1] https://www.animanaturalis.org/n/46833/bull-death-prohibited-in-mexico-city-first-step-toward-ending-bullfighting.
Last updated: 1 July 2025