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

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

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14.11.2022
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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

Have a look at the Facebook event

11 November Roundabout

10am to 2:30pm

One Voice

06

Nice

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place Masséna – le Paillon

11am to 1pm

One Voice

10

Troyes

Have a look at the Facebook event

71, Rue Émile Zola

3:30pm to 5:30pm

One Voice

11

Carcassonne

Have a look at the Facebook event

cancelled

13

Aix-en-Provence

Have a look at the Facebook event

Allée de Provence

10:30am to 12pm

One Voice

13

Marseille

Have a look at the Facebook event

Prado Roundabout

2:30pm to 4:30pm

17

La Rochelle

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place de la Caille

2:30pm to 5pm

One Voice

21

Dijon

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place François Rude

2:30pm to 4pm

One Voice

22

Saint-Brieuc

Have a look at the Facebook event

2:00pm to 5:00pm

24

Périgueux

Have a look at the Facebook event

11:30am to 12:30pm

Parti Animaliste

24

Bergerac (20/11)

Have a look at the Facebook event

10:30am to 12pm

Parti Animaliste

30

Nîmes

Have a look at the Facebook event

Arènes de Nîmes

12:00pm to 3:00pm

Alliance Éthique and One Voice

31

Toulouse

Have a look at the Facebook event

Square Charles de Gaulle

9:30am to 11am

33

Bordeaux (20/11)

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place de la Comédie

3:30pm to 5pm

One Voice

34

Montpellier

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place de la Comédie

10:00am to 1:00pm

One Voice

34

Béziers

Have a look at the Facebook event

Rue de la République

10:30-12:30

COLBAC

34

Lunel

Have a look at the Facebook event

Arènes de San Juan

8:00am to 11:00am

Alliance Éthique and One Voice

35

Rennes

Have a look at the Facebook event

11:30am to 2pm

Sentience

37

Tours

Have a look at the Facebook event

11:30-13:00

REV and One Voice

42

Roanne

Have a look at the Facebook event

12:00pm to 3:00pm

Parti Animaliste

42

Saint-Étienne

Have a look at the Facebook event

1:00pm to 5:00pm

Parti Animaliste

44

Nantes

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place Royale

1:30pm to 3pm

One Voice

45

Orléans

Have a look at the Facebook event

2:00pm to 5:00pm

49

Angers

Have a look at the Facebook event

Rue Lenepveu

1:30pm to 4pm

259 Life France

56

Lorient

Have a look at the Facebook event

3pm to 4:30pm

57

Metz

Have a look at the Facebook event

12, rue du petit Paris

3pm to 4:30pm

One Voice

58

La-Charité-sur-Loire

Have a look at the Facebook event

59

Lille

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place Richebé

2:30pm to 4pm

One Voice

63

Clermont-Ferrand

Have a look at the Facebook event

1:00pm to 5:00pm

CRAC

64

Bayonne

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place Jacques Portes

1:30pm to 3pm

One Voice

66

Perpignan

Have a look at the Facebook event

9:00am to 12:00pm

67

Strasbourg

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place d’Austerlitz

2pm to 4:30pm

One Voice

69

Lyon

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place Saint-Jean

1:30pm to 4pm

One Voice

73

Chambéry

Have a look at the Facebook event

AJAS

74

Annemasse

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place de l’Hôtel de ville

1:30pm to 3:30pm

One Voice

75

Paris

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place du Châtelet

10:30am to 12pm

One Voice and Peta

76

Rouen (20/11)

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place de la Cathédrale

2:30pm to 4pm

One Voice

76

Le Havre

Have a look at the Facebook event

Rue Albert André Huet

2:30pm to 4:30pm

80

Amiens

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place René Goblet

2pm to 4pm

One Voice

83

Fréjus

Have a look at the Facebook event

Place Camille Formigé

11am to 1pm

One Voice

83

Toulon

Have a look at the Facebook event

Quai de la Sinse

9:30am to 11:30am

L214

84

Avignon

Have a look at the Facebook event

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

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