Together for abolition! On 19 and 20 November, around one hundred associations will be on the ground to support the abolition of bullfighting, supported by the bill voted on at the National Assembly on 24 November
More than 130 animal defence associations, including One Voice, support the bill for the abolition of bullfighting by Aymeric Caron. A national coordinated response is happening in more than forty towns.
In line with the numerous and repeated campaigns demanding an end to bullfighting in France, denying access to arenas for minors, or even closing bull fighting schools, the MEP of REV [Revolution for the Living], Aymeric Caron, loyal to his values and commitments, has filed an abolition bill for bullfighting in France alongside the LFI-NUPES group. This bill is supported by more than 130 animal protection associations, gathering together under the same collective —Together for abolition — and is part of the legislative process in the parliamentary niche of La France Insoumise [a French political party]. On 19 and 20 November, these animal defence associations are organising a national coordinated response in more than forty towns in France to support this bill which will be subject to a vote on 24 November.
This bill has the potential to be voted on favourably, given that the cause is cross-party. MEPs from the whole political spectrum have already announced that they will support it.
On their side, the government are continuing to support the ‘tradition’ ad nauseam as a practice that should be sustained, as cruel as it may be, just because it has been around for a long time… Fortunately, our society does not base all of its reasoning on this. We remind you that 87% of French people are in favour of abolishing bullfighting (February 2022 IFOP/FBB survey).
But the parliamentary niche has one fine detail: the bills proposed by the party concerned only have one day to be voted on. If there is not enough time to complete the process, they will be abandoned, pure and simple. On this exact point, our associations have the bitter memory of Cédric Villani in 2020, who could only be introduced in second position…
Bullfighting benefits from a local dispensation for animal torture… that is how cruel and potentially shocking this morbid spectacle is, more so for sensitive people such as children. This is why our associations have supported a ban on access to bullfighting for children and all minors for a long time. We are also asking for the closure of bullfighting schools, in which several One Voice investigations have been carried out to inform on the violence perpetrated on young bulls by student minors encouraged and trained to kill living sentient beings to the detriment of their own mental stability.
Our collective action on the ground, public awareness on the reality of what bullfighting is, and denouncing false pretences, have already meant that less spectators go to arenas to see blood flowing. For weeks, activists from our associations have rallied specifically on this subject and hundreds of leading figures have already shown their support for an end to bullfighting in France.
On 19 and 20 November next year, around forty efforts on the ground are planned throughout France. About twenty by One Voice within the context of their national coordinated action and by Alliance Éthique under the banner of their Let’s Stop Bullfighting collective, as well as their partners, Ensemble pour l’abolition [Together for Abolition], REV [Ecological Revolution for the Living], and the Parti Animaliste [Animalist Party] in around twenty additional towns!
In Paris at the Place du Châtelet, high visual impact action is planned with the participation of Peta.
And on 24 November in Paris, the day of the vote, our associations will once again support the bill before the National Assembly at midday.
NB: events can be changed up until the last minute;
please refer to the online event before coming.
They will be updated live.
Department |
Town |
Online event |
Precise Location |
Time |
Action organised by |
05 |
Digne-les-Bains |
11 November Roundabout |
10am to 2:30pm |
One Voice |
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06 |
Nice |
Place Masséna – le Paillon |
11am to 1pm |
One Voice |
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10 |
Troyes |
71, Rue Émile Zola |
3:30pm to 5:30pm |
One Voice |
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11 |
Carcassonne |
cancelled |
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13 |
Aix-en-Provence |
Allée de Provence |
10:30am to 12pm |
One Voice |
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13 |
Marseille |
Prado Roundabout |
2:30pm to 4:30pm |
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17 |
La Rochelle |
Place de la Caille |
2:30pm to 5pm |
One Voice |
|
21 |
Dijon |
Place François Rude |
2:30pm to 4pm |
One Voice |
|
22 |
Saint-Brieuc |
2:00pm to 5:00pm |
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24 |
Périgueux |
11:30am to 12:30pm |
Parti Animaliste |
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24 |
Bergerac (20/11) |
10:30am to 12pm |
Parti Animaliste |
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30 |
Nîmes |
Arènes de Nîmes |
12:00pm to 3:00pm |
Alliance Éthique and One Voice |
|
31 |
Toulouse |
Square Charles de Gaulle |
9:30am to 11am |
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33 |
Bordeaux (20/11) |
Place de la Comédie |
3:30pm to 5pm |
One Voice |
|
34 |
Montpellier |
Place de la Comédie |
10:00am to 1:00pm |
One Voice |
|
34 |
Béziers |
Rue de la République |
10:30-12:30 |
COLBAC |
|
34 |
Lunel |
Arènes de San Juan |
8:00am to 11:00am |
Alliance Éthique and One Voice |
|
35 |
Rennes |
11:30am to 2pm |
Sentience |
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37 |
Tours |
11:30-13:00 |
REV and One Voice |
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42 |
Roanne |
12:00pm to 3:00pm |
Parti Animaliste |
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42 |
Saint-Étienne |
1:00pm to 5:00pm |
Parti Animaliste |
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44 |
Nantes |
Place Royale |
1:30pm to 3pm |
One Voice |
|
45 |
Orléans |
2:00pm to 5:00pm |
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49 |
Angers |
Rue Lenepveu |
1:30pm to 4pm |
259 Life France |
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56 |
Lorient |
3pm to 4:30pm |
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57 |
Metz |
12, rue du petit Paris |
3pm to 4:30pm |
One Voice |
|
58 |
La-Charité-sur-Loire |
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59 |
Lille |
Place Richebé |
2:30pm to 4pm |
One Voice |
|
63 |
Clermont-Ferrand |
1:00pm to 5:00pm |
CRAC |
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64 |
Bayonne |
Place Jacques Portes |
1:30pm to 3pm |
One Voice |
|
66 |
Perpignan |
9:00am to 12:00pm |
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67 |
Strasbourg |
Place d’Austerlitz |
2pm to 4:30pm |
One Voice |
|
69 |
Lyon |
Place Saint-Jean |
1:30pm to 4pm |
One Voice |
|
73 |
Chambéry |
AJAS |
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74 |
Annemasse |
Place de l’Hôtel de ville |
1:30pm to 3:30pm |
One Voice |
|
75 |
Paris |
Place du Châtelet |
10:30am to 12pm |
One Voice and Peta |
|
76 |
Rouen (20/11) |
Place de la Cathédrale |
2:30pm to 4pm |
One Voice |
|
76 |
Le Havre |
Rue Albert André Huet |
2:30pm to 4:30pm |
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80 |
Amiens |
Place René Goblet |
2pm to 4pm |
One Voice |
|
83 |
Fréjus |
Place Camille Formigé |
11am to 1pm |
One Voice |
|
83 |
Toulon |
Quai de la Sinse |
9:30am to 11:30am |
L214 |
|
84 |
Avignon |
Place Pie |
10am to 12:30pm |
One Voice |
Updated on 15 November: the events have been updated (time, location, etc.) as well as the mention of the one in Paris in the body of the article.
Translated from the French by Joely Justice