Written declaration
on dog population management in the European Union
On 06/06/2011 the European Parliament Members:
- DacianaOctaviaSârbu
- ElisabethJeggle
- AdinaIoanaVălean
- Janusz Wojciechowski
introduced their "Written declaration pursuant to Rule 123 of the Rules of Procedure on dog population management to the European Parliament"
0026/2011 Written declaration on dog population management in the European Union, The European Parliament,
– having regard to Article 13 of the Lisbon Treaty,
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 5 May 2010 on the evaluation of the Animal Welfare Action Plan 2006-2010,
– having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure,
A)
whereas, according to the Treaty, animals are sentient beings and the EU and Member States must pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals,
B)
whereas in some Member States, stray animals pose a threat to public health and safety,
C)
whereas some Member States are taking extreme measures against stray animals,
1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the principle mentioned in Article 13 of the Treaty is respected by the Member States;
2. Calls on the Member States to adopt comprehensive dog population management strategies that include measures such as sterilisation of owned and stray animals, dog control laws and the promotion of responsible pet ownership;
3. Ask the Commission to encourage the Member States to introduce the mandatory identification and registration of every dog, by means of EU-wide compatible systems, in order to avoid the spread of diseases;
4. Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories, to the Commission and the governments of the Member States.
Source:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FNONSGML+WDECL+P7-DCL-2011-0026+0+DOC+PDF+V0%2F%2FEN&language=EN
Victory for Europe's animals!
the European Parliament adopted
wd0026/2011 October 13, 2011 with 401 votes
The following MEPs did the right thing and signed wd 0026/2011
AUSTRIA
Ehrenhauser, Martin
Kadenbach, Karin
Leichtfried, Jörg
Lichtenberger, Eva
Lunacek, Ulrike
Martin, Hans-Peter
Regner, Evelyn
Swoboda, Hannes
Werthmann, Angelika
BELGIUM
Belet, Ivo
Brepoels, Frieda
Claeys, Philip
Daerden, Frederic
De Keyser, Véronique
Delvaux, Anne
Durant, Isabelle
El Khadraoui, Saïd
Eppink, Derk Jan
Grosch, Mathieu
Lamberts, Philippe
Michel, Louis
Ries, Frédérique
Staes, Bart
Tarabella, Marc
Van Brempt, Kathleen
BULGARIA
Ilchev, Stanimir
Iotova, Iliana Malinova
Kazak, Metin
Kirilov, Evgeni
Nedelcheva, Mariya
Neynsky, Nadezhda
Panayotov, Vladko
Parvanova, Antonyia
Urutchev, Vladimir
Vigenin, Kristian
CYPRUS
Hadjigeorgiou, Takis
Kasoulides, Ioannis
Mavronikolas, Kyriakos
Papadopoulou Antigoni
Theocharous, Eleni
Triantaphyllides, Kyriacos
CZECH REPUBLIK
Brzobohatá, Zuzana
Falbr, Richard
Kohlíček, Jaromír
Ransdorf, Miloslav
Remek, Vladimír
Roucek, Libor
Sehnalová, Olga
Vlasák, Oldrich
DENMARK
Jørgensen, Dan
Rosbach, Anna
Schaldemose, Christel
Søndergaard, Søren Bo
Thomsen, Britta
ESTONIA
Kelam, Tunne
Ojuland, Kristiina
Oviir, Siiri
Padar, Ivari
Tarand, Indrek
FINLAND
Essayah, Sari
Haglund, Carl
Itälä, Ville
Jaakonsaari, Liisa
Jäätteenmäki, Anneli
Korhola, Eija-Riitta
Manner, Riikka
Pietikäinen, Sirpa
Repo, Mitro
Takkula, Hannu
Terho, Sampo
FRANCE
Alfonsi, François
Audy, Jean-Pierre
Besset, Jean-Paul
Bové, José
Cadec, Alain
Castex, Françoise
Cavada, Jean-Marie
Dati, Rachida
Flautre, Hélène
Franco, Gaston
Gauzès, Jean-Paul
Gollnisch, Bruno
Grèze, Catherine
Griesbeck, Nathalie
Grossetête, Françoise
Juvin, Philippe
Kiil-Nielsen, Nicole
Le Brun, Agnès
Morin-Chartier, Elisabeth
Ponga, Maurice
Proust, Franck
Rivasi, Michèle
Saïfi, Tokia
Sanchez-Schmid, Marie-Thérèse
Striffler, Michèle
Tirolien, Patrice
GERMANY
Albrecht, Jan Philipp
Alvaro, Alexander
Balz, Burkhard
Brantner, Franziska Katharina
Chatzimarkakis, Jorgo
Cramer, Michael
Creutzmann, Jürgen
Deß, Albert
Ferber, Markus
Gräßle, Ingeborg
Häfner, Gerald
Harms, Rebecca
Häusling, Martin
Hirsch Nadja
Hohlmeier, Monika
Jahr, Peter
Jeggle Elisabeth
Keller, Franziska
Klute, Jürgen
Koch, Dieter-Lebrecht
Leinen, Jo
Lochbihler, Barbara
Lösing, Sabine
Meissner, Gesine
Niebler, Angelika
Roth-Behrendt, Dagmar
Rühle, Heide
Schnellhardt Horst
Scholz, Helmut
Schwab, Andreas
Sommer, Renate
Steinruck, Jutta
Thein, Alexandra
Trüpel, Helga
Ulmer, Thomas
Verheyen, Sabine
Voss, Axel
Weber, Manfred
Weisgerber, Anja
Wils, Sabine
Zimmer, Gabriele
GREECE
Angourakis, Charalampos EL
Arsenis, Kriton
Chountis, Nikolaos
Danellis, Spyros
Droutsas, Dimitrios
Koppa, Maria Eleni
Koumoutsakos, Georgios
Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Rodi
Paliadeli, Chrysoula
Papanikolaou, Georgios
Papastamkos, Georgios
Poupakis, Konstantinos
Rapti, Sylvana
Salavrakos, Nikolaos
Skylakakis, Theodoros
Stavrakakis, Georgios
Toussas, Georgios
Tremopoulos, Michail
HUNGARY
Bagó, Zoltán
Deutsch, Tamás
GÁLL-PELCZ Ildikó
Gurmai, Zita
Herczog, Edit
Járóka, Lívia
Schöpflin, György
Tabajdi, Csaba Sándor
IRELAND
Aylward, Liam
Childers, Nessa
De Rossa, Proinsias
Gallagher, Pat the Cope
Harkin, Marian
Kelly, Seán
McGuinness, Mairead
Murphy Paul
Prendergast, Phil
ITALY
Albertini, Gabriele
Alfano, Sonia
Angelilli, Roberta
Antinoro, Antonello
Baldassarre, Raffaele
Bartolozzi, Paolo
Berlato, Sergio
Berlinguer, Luigi
Bizzotto, Mara
Bonsignore, Vito
Caronna, Salvatore
Casini, Carlo
Cofferati, Sergio
Comi, Lara
Costa, Silvia
Cozzolino, Andrea
Crocetta, Rosario
De Angelis, Fancesco
de Castro, Paolo
Domenici, Leonardo
Fidanza, Carlo
Fontana, Lorenzo
Gualtieri, Roberto
Iacolino, Salvatore
Iovine, Vincenzo
La Via, Giovanni
Mastella, Clemente
Matera, Barbara
Mazzoni, Erminia
Milana, Guido
Morganti, Claudio
Motti, Tiziano
Muscardini, Cristiana
Pallone, Alfredo
Panzeri, Pier Antonio
Patriciello, Aldo
Pittella, Gianni
Prodi, Vittorio
Rinaldi, Niccolò
Rivellini, Crescenzio
Ronzulli, Licia
Rossi, Oreste
Salatto, Potito
Sartori, Amalia
Sassoli, David-Maria
Scotta', Giancarlo
Serracchiani, Debora
Susta, Gianluca
Uggias, Giommaria
Vattimo, Gianni
Zanoni Andrea
LATVIA
Karinš, Arturs Krišjanis
Rubiks, Alfreds
Vaidere, Inese
Ždanoka, Tatjana
Zile, Roberst
LITHUANIA
Andrikiene, Laima Liucija
Blinkeviciute, Vilija
Imbrasas, Juozas
Landsbergis, Vytautas
Morkunaite-Mikuleniene, Radvile
Paksas, Rolandas
Paleckis, Justas Vincas
Tomaševski, Valdemar
Uspaskich, Viktor
LUXEMBOURG
Bach, Georges
Goerens, Charles
Turmes, Claude
MALTA
Attard-Montalto, John
Busuttil, Simon
Casa, David
the NETHERLANDS
Berman, Thijs
Bozkurt, Emine
de Lange, Esther
Eickhout, Bas
Gerbrandy, Gerben-Jan
in 't Veld, Sophia
Liotard, Kartika Tamara
Merkies, Judith A.
Mulder, Jan
Sargentini, Judith
van de Camp, Wim
POLAND
Bielan, Adam
Cymański, Tadeusz
Czarnecki, Ryszard
Geringer De Oedenberg, Lidia Joanna
Gierek, Adam
Gróbarczyk, Marek Józef
Handzlik, Malgorzata
Hibner, Jolanta Emilia
Jazlowiecka, Danuta
Jędrzejewska, Sidonia Elżbieta
Kaczmarek, Filip
Kalinowski, Jaroslaw
Kowal, Pawel Robert
Kozlowski, Jan
Liberadzki, Boguslaw
Lisek, Krzysztof
Łukacijewska, Elżbieta Katarzyna
Migalski, Marek Henryk
Olbrycht, Jan
Poręba, Tomasz Piotr
Protasiewicz, Jacek
Senyszyn, Joann
Siekierski, Czeslaw Adam
Siwiec, Marek
Sonik, Bogusław
Szymański, Konrad
Thun und Hohenstein, Róża Gräfin von
Trzaskowski, Rafał
Włosowicz, Jacek
Wojciechowski, Janusz
Zasada, Artur
Zemke, Janusz Władysław
Zwiefka, Tadeusz
PORTUGAL
Alves, Luís Paulo
Capoulas Santos, Luis Manuel
Carvalho, Maria Da Graça
Coelho, Carlos
Estrela, Edite
Fernandes, José Manuel
Ferreira, João
Figueiredo, Ilda
Gomes, Ana
Matias, Marisa
Patrão Neves, Maria do Céu
Portas, Miguel
Tavares, Rui
ROMANIA
Antonescu, Elena Oana
Becali, George
Bodu, Sebastian Valentin
Bostinaru, Victor
Busoi, Cristian Silviu
Creţu, Corina
Cutaş, George Sabin
Dăncilă, Vasilica Viorica
Enciu, Ioan
Ivan, Cătălin Sorin
Luhan, Petru Constantin
Mănescu, Ramona Nicole
Marinescu, Marian-Jean
Matula, Iosif
Nicolai, Norica
Niculescu, Rares-Lucian
Pascu, Ioan Mircea
Plumb, Rovana RO
Preda, Cristian Dan
Sârbu, Daciana Octavia
Severin, Adrian
Tănăsescu, Claudiu Ciprian
Ticău, Silvia-Adriana
Ungureanu, Traian
Vadim Tudor, Corneliu
Vălean, Adina-Ioana
Weber, Renate
Winkler, Iuliu
SLOVAKIA
Bauer, Edit
Flašíková Benová, Monika
Kukan, Eduard
Nevedalová, Katarína
Paška, Jaroslav
Smolková, Monika
Záborská, Anna
SLOVENIA
Kacin, Jelko
Kleva, Mojca
Peterle, Alojz
Vajgl, Ivo
Zver, Mila
SPAIN
Cortés Lastra, Ricardo
de Grandes Pascual, Luis
Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Agustín
Fisas Ayxela, Santiago
García Pérez, Iratxe
Garriga Polledo, Salvador
Guerrero Salom, Enrique
Herranz García, Esther
Irigoyen Pérez, María
Iturgaiz Angulo, Carlos José
Jimenez-Becerril Barrio, Teresa
Junqueras Vies, Oriol
Lope Fontagné, Veronica
Lopez-Isturiz White, Antonio
Masip Hidalgo, Antonio
Méndez de Vigo, Íñigo
Menéndez del Valle, Emilio
Muñiz De Urquiza, María
Perello Rodriguez, Andres
Romeva i Rueda, Raül
Sosa Wagner, Francisco
Tremosa i Balcells, Ramon
SWEDEN
Ek, Lena
Gustafsson, Mikael
Lövin, Isabella
Paulsen, Marit
Schlyter, Carl
UNITED KINGDOM
Bearder, Catherine
Bowles, Sharon
Brons, Andrew Henry William
Davies, Chris
de Brún, Bairbre
Deva, Nirj
Evans, Jill
Foster, Jacqueline
Griffin, Nick
Hall, Fiona
Honeyball, Mary
Hudghton, Ian
Hughes, Stephen
Lambert, Jean
Martin, David
McAvan, Linda
McCarthy, Arlene
McClarkin, Emma
McMillan-Scott, Edward
Moraes, Claude
Nattrass, Mike
Simpson, Brian
Skinner, Peter
Stevenson, Struan
Stihler, Catherine
Sturdy, Robert
Tannock, Charles
Taylor, Keith
Vaughan, Derek
Willmott, Glenis
Yannakoudakis, Marina
Sources:
http://eurogroupforanimals.org/files/news/downloads/273/final_list_of_signatories.pdf
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?&reference=20111013&secondRef=ANN-01&language=EN
the following MEPs did NOT sign wd 0026/2011
Austria
Becker, Heinz K
Karas, Othmar
Köstinger, Elisabeth
Mölzer, Andreas
Obermayr, Franz
Pirker, Hubert
Rübig, Paul
Seeber, Richard
Belgium
De Backer, Philippe
Dehaene, Jean-Luc
Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Annemie
Thyssen, Marianne
Vanhecke, Frank
Verhofstadt, Guy
Bulgaria
Binev, Slavi
Hyusmenova, Filiz
Ivanova, Iliana
Kalfin, Ivaylo
Kovatchev, Andrey
Stoyanov, Dimitar
Stoyanov, Emil
Czech Republic
Brezina, Jan
Cabrnoch, Milan
Cešková, Andrea
Dušek, Robert
Fajmon, Hynek
Havel, Jirí
Kožušník, Edvard
Maštálka, Jirí
Ouzký, Miroslav
Poc, Pavel
Roithová, Zuzana
Strejcek, Ivo
Tošenovský, Evžen
Zahradil, Jan
Denmark
Auken, Margrete
Bendtsen, Bendt
Christensen, Ole
Jensen, Anne E.
Løkkegaard, Morten
Messerschmidt, Morten
Rohde, Jens
Turunen, Emilie
Estonia
Savisaar, Vilja
Finland
Cronberg, Tarja
Hassi, Satu
France
Abad, Damien
Arif, Kader
Bélier, Sandrine
Benarab-Attou, Malika
Bennahmias, Jean-Luc
Berès, Pervenche
Boulland, Philippe
Briard Auconie, Sophie
Canfin, Pascal
Cohn-Bendit, Daniel
Danjean, Arnaud
Dantin, Michel
Daul, Joseph
De Sarnez, Marielle
De Veyrac, Christine
De Villiers, Philippe
Delli, Karima
Désir, Harlem
Gallo, Marielle
Goulard, Sylvie
Grelier, Estelle
Guillaume, Sylvie
Hénin, Jacky
Hoang Ngoc, Liem
Hoarau, Elie
Hortefeux, Brice
Jadot, Yannick
Joly, Eva
Lamassoure, Alain
Le Foll, Stéphane
Le Grip, Constance
Le Hyaric, Patrick
Le Pen, Jean-Marie
Le Pen, Marine
Lepage, Corinne
Mathieu, Véronique
Mélenchon, Jean-LTc
Pargneaux, Gilles
Peillon, Vincent
Riquet, Dominique
Rochefort, Robert
Trautmann, Catherine
Vergiat, Marie-Christine
Vergnaud, Bernadette
Vlasto, Dominique
Weber, Henri
Germany
Bisky, Lothar
Böge, Reimer
Brok, Elmar
Bullmann, Udo
Bütikofer, Reinhard
Caspary, Daniel
Ehler, Christian
Ernst, Cornelia
Ertug, Ismail
Fleckenstein, Knut
Florenz, Karl-Heinz
Gahler, Michael
Gebhardt, Evelyne
Geier, Jens
Giegold, Sven
Glante, Norbert
Groote, Matthias
Händel, Thomas
Haug, Jutta
Kammerevert, Petra
Kastler, Martin
Klass, Christa
Klinz, Wolf
Koch-Mehrin, Silvana
Krahmer, Holger
Krehl, Constanze Angela
Kreissl-Dörfler, Wolfgang
Kuhn, Werner
Lambsdorff, Alexander Graf
Lange, Bernd
Langen, Werner
Lechner, Kurt
Lehne, Klaus-Heiner
Liese, Peter
Mann, Thomas
Mayer, Hans-Peter
Neuser, Norbert
Pack, Doris
Pieper, Markus
Posselt, Bernd
Pöttering, Hans-Gert
Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Godelieve
Rapkay, Bernhard
Reimers, Britta
Reul, Herbert
Rodust, Ulrike
Schnieber-Jastram, Birgit
Schroedter, Elisabeth
Schulz, Martin
Schulz, Werner
Simon, Peter
Sippel, Birgit
Theurer, Michael
Weiler, Barbara
Westphal, Kerstin
Wieland, Rainer
Winkler, Hermann
Zeller, Joachim
Greece
Giannakou Marietta
Podimata, Anni
Tsoukalas, Ioannis A.
Tzavela, Niki
Hungary
Áder, János
Bokros, Lajos
Gál, Kinga
Glattfelder, Béla
Göncz, Kinga
Gyürk, András
Hankiss, Ágnes
Kósa, Ádám
Kovacs, Béla
Morvai, Krisztina
Ory, Csaba
Surján, László
Szájer, József
Szegedi, Csanád
Ireland
Crowley, Brian
Higgins, Jim
Mitchell, Gay
Italy
Allam, Magdi Cristiano
Antoniozzi, Alfredo
Arlacchi, Pino
Balzani, FRsca
Borghezio, Mario
Borsellino, Rita
Cancian, Antonio
De Mita, Luigi Ciriaco
Dorfmann, Herbert
Gardini, Elisabetta
Gargani, Giuseppe
Mauro, Mario
Pirillo, Mario
Provera, Fiorello
Salvini, Matteo
Scurria, Marco
Silvestris, Sergio Paolo Francesco
Speroni, FRsco Enrico
Tatarella, Salvatore
Toia, Patrizia
Zanicchi, Iva
Latvia
Godmanis, Ivars
Kalniete, Sandra
Mirsky, Alexander
Lithuania
Balcytis, Zigmantas
Donskis, Leonidas
Saudargas, Algirdas
Luxembourg
Engel, Frank
Lulling, Astrid
Goebbels, Robert
Malta
Grech, Louis
ScicLuna, Edward
the Netherlands
Belder, Bastiaan
Cornelissen, Marije
de Jong, Cornelius
Hartong, Lucas
Madlener, Barry
Manders, Toine
Oomen-Ruijten, Ria
Schaake, Marietje
Stassen, Laurence
van Baalen, Johannes Cornelis
van Dalen, Peter
van der Stoep, Daniël
van Nistelrooij, Lambert
Wortmann-Kool, Corien
Poland
Borys, Piotr
Buzek, Jerzy
Grzyb, Andrzej
Kaminski, Michal Tomasz
Kolarska-Bobinska, Lena Barbara
Kurski, Jacek Olgierd
Legutko, Ryszard Antoni
Marcinkiewicz, Bogdan Kazimierz
Nitras, Slawomir Witold
Olejniczak, Wojciech Michal
Piotrowski, Miroslaw
Skrzydlewska, Joanna Katarzyna
Walesa, Jaroslaw Leszek
Zalewski, Pawel
Ziobro, Zbigniew
Portugal
Bastos, Regina
Correia De Campos, António Fernando
David, Mário
Feio, Diogo
Ferreira, Elisa
Melo, Nuno
Moreira, Vital
Rangel, Paulo
Teixeira, Nuno
Romania
Basescu, Elena
Macovei, Monica LTisa
Sógor, Csaba
Stolojan, Theodor Dumitru
Tokés, László
Slovakia
Kozlík, Sergej
Manka, Vladimír
Mészáros, Alajos
Mikolášik, Miroslav
Štastný, Peter
Zala, Boris
Slovenia
Fajon, Tanja
Jordan Cizelj, Romana
Severin, Adrian
Spain
Andres Barea, Josefa
Arias Echeverría, Pablo
Ayala Sender, Inés
Ayuso, Pilar
Badia i Cutchet, Maria
Bilbao Barandica, Izaskun
Cercas, Alejandro
del Castillo Vera, Pilar
Estaras Ferragut, Rosa
Fraga Estévez, Carmen
García-Margallo y Marfil, José Manuel
Gardiazábal Rubial, Eider
Gutiérrez-Cortines, Cristina
López Aguilar, Juan Fernando
Martínez Martínez, Miguel Angel
Mato Adrover, Gabriel
Mayor Oreja, Jaime
Meyer, Willy
Millán Mon, Francisco José
Obiols, Raimon
Riera Madurell, Teresa
Romero López, Carmen
Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, José Ignacio
Sánchez Presedo, Antolín
Sergio Gutierrez Prieto
Vidal-Quadras, Alejo
Yañez-Barnuevo García, Luis
Zalba Bidegain, Pablo
Sweden
Corazza Bildt, Anna Maria
Engström, Christian
Färm, Göran
Fjellner, Christofer
Hedh, Anna
Hökmark, Gunnar
Ibrisagic, Anna
Ludvigsson, Olle
Schmidt, Olle
Svensson, Alf
Svensson, Eva-Britt
Ulvskog, Marita
WestLund, Åsa
Wikström, Cecilia
United Kingdom
Agnew, John Stuart
Andreasen, Marta
Ashworth, Richard
Atkins, Sir Robert
Batten, Gerard
Bloom, Godfrey
Bradbourn, Philip
Bufton, John
Callanan, Martin
Campbell Bannerman, David
Cashman, Michael
Chichester, Giles
Clark, Derek Roland
Colman, Trevor
Deva, Nirj
Dodds, Diane
Duff, Andrew
Earl of) Dartmouth, William
Elles, James
Farage, Nigel
Ford, Vicky
Fox, Ashley
Girling, Julie
Hannan, Daniel
Harbour, Malcolm
Helmer, Roger
Howitt, Richard
Kamall, Syed
Karim, Sajjad
Kirkhope, Timothy
Ludford, Sarah
Lynne, Elizabeth
Lyon, George
Nicholson, James
Nuttall, Paul
Sinclaire, Nicole
Smith, Alyn
Swinburne, Kay
Van Orden, Geoffrey
Wallis, Diana
Watson, Graham
