The European Commission must now meet activists and respond to citizens’ concerns. With more than ten million animals suffering each year from experiments led within the EU and new non-animal technologies being developed more quickly than ever, it is time to change course.
The three fundamental requests of the ECI are:
- the rigorous implementation of a ban by the EU on tests on animals for cosmetic ingredients;
- a total move to non-animal methods for chemical safety tests;
- a commitment in favour of a plan aiming to progressively eliminate all experiments on animals.
Launched in August 2021 by Cruelty Free Europe, the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (the two coalitions for which One Voice is the historical French representative), Eurogroup for Animals, and PETA, the ECI has been supported by beauty and care businesses worldwide — The Body Shop, Dove, and Lush — and actively promoted by a coalition between associations and activists in the whole of Europe. Hundreds of celebrities have also supported the campaign, including Sir Paul McCartney, Ricky Gervais, Finnish heavy metal group Lordi, Italian singer Red Canzian, French journalist Hugo Clément, and actress Evanna Lynch.
No other ECI has received such support in so many different countries. To be successful, an ECI most receive at least one million valid signatures and reach a minimum number of signatures in at least seven EU countries. This ECI has surpassed this goal in 22 countries, showing a Pan-European desire to abolish tests on animals.
Thanks again to all those who signed who, with us, have committed for an end to animal testing in Europe during the last year!
Translated from the French by Joely Justice
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