Animal Politics EU | |
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| Founded | 2014 |
| Ideology | Animal rights [1] Animal welfare [1] |
| European Parliament group | European United Left–Nordic Green Left |
| European Parliament | 1 / 705 |
Animal Politics EU, formerly Euro Animal 7, is a group of animal rights parties in European Union countries.
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Group members call for: [2]
| Country | Party | Votes in national parliament election | National MPs | 2014 MEPs | Votes in European parliament election 2019 | 2019 MEPs |
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 Belgium | DierAnimal | 47,733 (5 of 11 constituencies) | 0 | 0 | 606 (only German Community) | 1.49%, 0 |
 Cyprus | Animal Party Cyprus ‡ | 4,088 | 0 | 0 | 2,208 | 0.79%, 0 |
 France | Animalist Party | 63,637 (142 of 577 constituencies) | 0 | 0 | 490,074 | 2.16%, 0 |
 Finland | Animal Justice Party of Finland | 3,378 | 0 | 0 | 2,917 | 0.16%, 0 |
 Germany | Animal Protection Party ‡ | 675,353 | 0 | 1 [3] | 542,226 | 1.45%, 1 [4] (resigned in February 2020) |
 Italy | Italian Animalist Party | 0 | 0 | 160,270 | 0.60%, 0 | |
 Netherlands | Party for the Animals ‡ | 399,750 | 6 [5] | 1 | 220,938 | 4.02%, 1 |
 Portugal | People–Animals–Nature (PAN) ‡ | 88,127 [6] | 1 [7] | 0 | 167,130 | 5.46%, 0 [8] a |
 Sweden | The Animals' Party ‡ | 3,648 | 0 | 0 | 4,105 | 0.10%, 0 |
 Spain | Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals (PACMA) ‡ | 326,045 | 0 | 0 | 294,657 | 1.31%, 0 |
‡ Founding parties of EuroAnimal 7. The Animal Welfare Party of the United Kingdom was also a founding party, but as a result of Brexit, no longer participates in EU electoral alliances. [9]
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