THE VEGAN ZEAL: European citizens’ initiative aims to make vegan meals ‘always available everywhere’
The VEGAN MEAL initiative states: Vegan alternatives must be available in schools, canteens, hospitals, bars, restaurants, pizza parlours, sandwich bars, ice cream shops, and motorway service areas to respect vegan choices and be kind to animals.
VEGCONOMIST: Last October, the European Commission registered a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) titled European Citizens’ Initiative for VEGAN MEAL, which is now open with the aim of collecting one million signatures. The initiative calls for legislation to explicitly make vegan alternatives always available in private and public spaces selling food and drinks in Europe.
The European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) is a mechanism that enables EU citizens to participate in the development of the EU. The Commission will have to react if a European Citizens’ Initiative receives one million statements of support within one year from at least seven member states.
It is noteworthy that the Commission could decide to take the request forward or not and will be required to explain its reasoning. The European Citizens’ Initiative for VEGAN MEAL deadline is on the 5th of April, 2024…
The VEGAN MEAL initiative states: Vegan alternatives must be available in schools, canteens, hospitals, bars, restaurants, pizza parlours, sandwich bars, ice cream shops, and motorway service areas to respect vegan choices and be kind to animals…
The organizers, represented by the Italian citizen Paola Sgarbazzini, say: “The European Citizens’ Initiative for VEGAN MEAL… leads to the approval of an EU law with great benefits for the planet, i.e., in mitigation of the climate crisis, extinction of wild species, deforestation, better use of land, defense of marine life, food waste and malnutrition”…
By accepting this new initiative, the Commission accepts that requesting vegan meals is neither frivolous nor contrary to EU values. Creating laws that make them compulsory is within the power of its remit, says vegan zoologist and author Jordi Casamitjana. In 2020, he was involved in a case where the UK accepted ethical veganism as a protected philosophical belief. SOURCE…
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