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AAFT Calls for Greece to Back EU Fur Ban

Animal welfare, News

15/07/2026

AAFT has reached out to Greek policymakers ahead of the expected European Commission Communication on fur farming.

Livestock Strategy and Protein Plan: big gap, few tools

Animal welfare, News

10/07/2026

The European Commission has finally published two key documents that will shape EU food policy for the next decade.

Ireland takes the EU Council Presidency, and the Livestock Strategy with it

22/06/2026

Ireland takes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July 2026, and the EU long-awaited

Beyond income: putting healthy diets and animal welfare at the heart of Europe’s anti-poverty agenda

17/04/2026

As the European Commission prepares its Anti-Poverty Strategy, expected in May 2026, the challenge is clear:

EU Livestock Strategy: time to drop the “green” illusion

09/04/2026

Ahead of the EU Livestock Strategy expected in June 2026, the European Commission continues to promote a

Aquatic Animal Welfare at the Core: AA-FT Contributes to the EU Vision 2040 Consultation

26/03/2026

Animal Advocacy & Food Transition (AA-FT) has responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the

AAFT Calls for Greece to Back EU Fur Ban

Animal welfare, News

15/07/2026

AAFT has reached out to Greek policymakers ahead of the expected European Commission Communication on fur farming.

Livestock Strategy and Protein Plan: big gap, few tools

Animal welfare, News

10/07/2026

The European Commission has finally published two key documents that will shape EU food policy for the next decade.

Ireland takes the EU Council Presidency, and the Livestock Strategy with it

22/06/2026

Ireland takes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July 2026, and the EU long-awaited

Beyond income: putting healthy diets and animal welfare at the heart of Europe’s anti-poverty agenda

17/04/2026

As the European Commission prepares its Anti-Poverty Strategy, expected in May 2026, the challenge is clear:

EU Livestock Strategy: time to drop the “green” illusion

09/04/2026

Ahead of the EU Livestock Strategy expected in June 2026, the European Commission continues to promote a

Aquatic Animal Welfare at the Core: AA-FT Contributes to the EU Vision 2040 Consultation

26/03/2026

Animal Advocacy & Food Transition (AA-FT) has responded to the European Commission’s consultation on the

End the Cage Age ECI before the Court of Justice

20/03/2026

On 5 March, the Court of Justice of the European Union heard the case brought by the organisers of the End the

The urgent need to address harmful genetic selection practices

09/12/2025

AA-FT has raised serious concerns with the European Commission about a long-standing yet often overlooked

Reflections on the Danish Presidency’s Animal Welfare Conference

02/12/2025

This week’s high-profile conference hosted under the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, Welfare of Farm

Strengthening Europe’s plant-based future: AAFT organizes high-level discussion in Cyprus

Food Transition

02/03/2026

On Friday, 20 February 2026, Animal Advocacy & Food Transition in collaboration with the Cyprus University

Food affordability in the EU: making plant-based foods an affordable choice

Food Transition

05/01/2026

AA-FT recently contributed to the European Commission survey on food affordability, aimed at collecting civil

The Blueprint for an EU Action Plan of Plant-Based Foods Presented at the European Parliament

Food Transition

28/11/2025

European Parliament’s Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals hosted

Join the Movement for Good Food for All ECI

Food Transition

23/10/2025

Millions of people in Europe still struggle to afford a healthy meal, while our food systems continue to harm both

Better Regulation, not deregulation: AAFT contributes to the EU public consultation

Democracy governance

17/02/2026

Animal Advocacy & Food Transition took part in the European Commission’s Call for Evidence on the modernisation

The EU-Mercosur Deal: A Step Backwards for Animals, the Environment and European Farmers

Democracy governance

26/01/2026

On the 17th of January 2026, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, is expected to formally

Biotech Act: Food Left Behind in Europe’s Innovation Strategy

Democracy governance

20/12/2025

The European Commission has presented, on the 16 December 2025, its European Biotech Act with the stated

Beyond the EU Animal Welfare Consultation: What Comes Next?

Democracy governance

15/12/2025

The European Commission’s latest public consultation on farm animal welfare closed on Wednesday 17 December

33 Organisations Call on the EU to Fix the CAP and Deliver a Sustainable Future for Farming

Democracy governance

17/11/2025

As negotiations begin on the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), AAFT has joined 32 civil society

COP30: Over 100 Organizations Urge Governments to Anchor Climate Ambition to Agroecology

Democracy governance

16/11/2025

Animal Advocacy & Food Transition has joined more than 100 organizations from over 25 countries in urging

Press Coverage

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The Brussels Times

Civil society against the Commission

8 March 2026

The Citizens' Committee, which has campaigned for the European Citizens' Initiative "End the Cage Age", presented the case for banning cages for farmed animals in a hearing at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg last Thursday. However, it is still left in limbo.

Food Manufacture

Overuse of antibiotics in European farming is fueling a resistance crisis

13 JUNE 2026

The event, a collaboration between the Animal Advocacy & Food Transition (AAFT), the Cyrpus University of Technology and the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe, and held under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture of Cyprus, ultimately concluded that a fundamental change in approach is urgently needed.

Sustainability Online

Overuse of antibiotics in farming leading to increased antimicrobial resistance.

6 MAY 2026

The overuse of antibiotics in farming is contributing to an 'alarming' rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), scientists, veterinarians, policymakers and industry representatives have said at a One Health event in Nicosia, Cyprus.

THE BRUSSELS TIME

Overuse of antibiotics in EU farming threatens global health.

15 MAY 2026

Resistant bacteria can pass from farmed animals to people through the food chain, from environmental spread, through direct contact with the animals,” said Coílín Nunan, Policy and Science Manager at the Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics and a leading expert on farm antibiotic use.

The dangerously reckless use of antibiotics in livestock farming.

15 MAY 2026

Olga Kikou, Director of Animal Advocacy & Food Transition, emphasised that the solution lies not only in reducing antibiotic use, but also in transitioning towards better farming systems: “The solution is not simply fewer antibiotics. The solution is better farming systems. If we truly want to tackle antimicrobial resistance, we need to shift our approach from treatment to prevention. Prevention starts with better conditions for animals,” she said.

European Commissioner does not want to phase out the CO₂ stunning of pigs.

15 JUNE 2026

Olga Kikou, Director of Animal Advocacy & Food Transition, told Animals Today: “The Commission’s letter clearly demonstrates that scientific evidence alone is not sufficient to bring about animal welfare reform in the EU. Although the Commission is fully aware of EFSA’s conclusion that stunning with high concentrations of CO₂ causes pain, fear and respiratory distress, it refuses to take the obvious step of removing this inhumane method from the list of permitted stunning techniques.

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