Steph Ghislain

Political Affairs Manager at @Act4animalsEU | Views are my own (RT =\= endorsements)

[Steph Ghislain @Steph_ghislain]

Major milestone in #EUTrade ‼️

@Food_EU report explicitly confirms there is space to impose more of our #AnimalWelfare rules on imported goods 💪

This is one of our long-standing asks, especially with the coming revision of 🇪🇺 AW legislation!

Read us ➡️https://t.co/5bOkvVxTEv

[EU Food Safety - #EUFarm2Fork @Food_EU]

🇪🇺 = 3rd largest agri-food importer

Using this weight, we want to promote health, environmental & animal welfare standards worldwide 🌎

Read our ambitious agenda in this new report ⬇

#EUFarm2Fork #EUGreenDeal

[Steph Ghislain @Steph_ghislain]

@olga_kikou @EU_Commission but then we agree Olga :)

[Steph Ghislain @Steph_ghislain]

Je viens de faire mon #eXit! L’exode de X est massif. Ne perdez pas un seul de vos abonnés. Grâce à #HelloQuitX j’ai inscrit 1780 nouveaux passagers pour partir vers #BlueSky & #Mastodon. Retrouvez automatiquement vos communautés le #20Janvier via https://t.co/z1nCo319B8 !

[Reineke Hameleers @ReinekeEG4A]

It is welcoming to see for the first time a promise on a concrete timeline after such a long delay to better protect millions of animals.

Commissioner @OliverVarhelyi clearly stated his intention to have the first legislative proposals out in 2026: https://t.co/RTuyVfprrx

[Steph Ghislain @Steph_ghislain]

⤵️see below our key takeaways from @MarosSefcovic hearing !

He did not discuss further tools to ensure greener trade policy, esp. on agrifood, also referring to @CHansenEU - who now has just said there is a need to see how to ensure compliance of imports with EU standards!

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

While Commissioner-designate for #Trade, @MarosSefcovic did not explicitly mention conditioning #AnimalWelfare standards to imports of animal products in his hearing today, here's some positive takeaways:

✅ Not rushing for an EU-Mercosur deal
✅ Improving transparency in EU trade deal negotiations
✅ Injecting more sustainability in EU trade policy

[Mathilde Dupré @Mathilde_Dupre_]

⚠️🛒🔍
According to the latest audit by DG Health and Food Safety @EU_Health conducted in spring 2024, #Brazil 🇧🇷 does not even guarantee that meats 🥩 exported to the EU are hormone-free.
@SKyriakidesEU @vonderleyen @steph_sejourne @Teresaribera @MarosSefcovic @CHansenEU

[RSPCA Public Affairs @RSPCA_PATeam]

Yesterday @RSPCAChris chaired our #AnimalsMatter panel with @ciwf @FOURPAWSUK @HSIUKorg at #LabourConference24

Great to be joined by @NadaFarhoud @AJogee @RuthJonesLabour @SueHayman1 fantastic news to hear @DefraGovUK will publish an animal welfare strategy!

[Steph Ghislain @Steph_ghislain]

Very pleased to see strong calls regarding #TradePolicy !

Trade policy should be coherent with our sustainability standards, and yes, that means the EC, where WTO compatible, should adopt more import requirements - notably on #AnimalWelfare💪

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

We welcome the consensus reached at the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture 🙌

🐔 An emphasis on the need for revised #animalwelfare legislation + phase out cages

🥬 A call for policies that ensure accessibility & affordability of healthy, sustainable food to consumers

🏷️ A call for a labelling scheme to ensure that consumers have access to knowledge on what they are consuming

https://t.co/xOIYUJxsfd

[Steph Ghislain @Steph_ghislain]

(2/2) meaning trade could be restricted to protect citizens who are shocked by this practice.

This was a huge "precedent" in the WTO caselaw.

Issues (if any) with coexistence between 🦭&🐟should not put this success in jeopardy.

Show you care, #Act4Seals and participate👇

[Steph Ghislain @Steph_ghislain]

(1/2) The EU #SealBan is an iconic #AnimalWelfare measure : clear, fair and successful.

No EU citizens wants to fuel such cruelty, even unknowingly.

In addition, this measure also led to the @wto recognising #AnimalWelfare as falling under the #publicmorals exception ...

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

‘I have seen this hunt with my own eyes’ 💔

Director of @Respect4Animals, Mark Glover, explains why it is crucial to maintain restrictions on seal skin products in the EU. 🩵🦭

#ActforSeals: tell the @EU_Commission you want seals to remain protected from cruel commercial hunting: https://t.co/1VMKOcMMeW

[Steph Ghislain @Steph_ghislain]

And here is summer again...💔

[Reineke Hameleers @ReinekeEG4A]

Animals washed up on beaches all over the Mediterranean.

Pigs crammed into trucks, forced to endure days-long journeys under the scorching sun (48+ degrees recorded).

When will this cruelty stop, @EU_Commission?

#BanLiveExport #LiveTransport

https://t.co/smGk2UH0rX

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

👋 Today marks the first day the new @EP_Agriculture gathered to discuss the EU's farming and #FoodSystems!

Special thanks to the new AGRI Chairwoman, @vrecionova, for stating she will personally focus on #AnimalWelfare. We look forward to seeing big progress in this area. 💚

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

🦭 Potential impact of #seals on the fishing industry can be countered by non-lethal methods.

🐟 The availability of alternative methods to protect fisheries makes #seal hunting unnecessary.

⚠️ We have until 7 August to #ActforSeals 👉 https://t.co/RUprHEgUNl

[Steph Ghislain @Steph_ghislain]

@vsierens1 Profitez bien :)

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

We are in Strasbourg for the first plenary session of this political term! 🇪🇺

What has happened so far & why is this session important for #animalwelfare?

Our Political Adviser, Cristina, explains it in this video 👇

[Steph Ghislain @Steph_ghislain]

@saskiabricmont @EP_Justice @GreensEFA @Tineke_Strik @ErikMarquardt @AliceBahKuhnke @daniel_freund @HNeumannMEP @CAMARAMlissa2 @LeolucaOrlando1 @Jaumeasens @MarketkaG @DianaRibaGiner @annastrolenberg Félicitations @saskiabricmont ! ☺️

[Reineke Hameleers @ReinekeEG4A]

Encouraging words from Socialist Spitzenkandidate @NSchmitPES: societies that don't care for animals also don't care for humans and animals deserve much better rights.

Great hope he will sign the #VoteforAnimals pledge 👏

[Eurogroup For Animals @Act4AnimalsEU]

🚨 Animals need you! 🚨

The #EUelections2024 are around the corner and several candidates have yet to sign the #VoteforAnimals pledge.

Join our call & urge them to commit to doing better for animals if elected: https://t.co/K4nBMpHeFt

[Steph Ghislain @Steph_ghislain]

It is really time for this odd "tradition" to stop... ( poke @EU2024BE)

How on earth can it still be justified to obviously favour one counterpart (not even saying a sector as the representativeness of copa-cogeca is increasingly contested..) ? EU citizens deserve better..

[Faustine Bas-Defossez @BasDefossez]

After having fast tracked the scrapping of last environmental safeguards from the #CAP, #AGRIFISH discussed downgrading of wolf protection behind closed doors: Guess who they received direct recommendations from? #COPA of course!

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Protecting animal health and welfare helps to build healthier communities, sustainable food systems, preserve biodiversity, and advance progress towards the @GlobalGoalsUN.

On the other hand, neglecting animal health and welfare, including through illegal wildlife trade, puts us all at risk of epidemics and pandemics from zoonotic spillovers.

I thank the @WrldFed4Animals for thier continued commitment to protecting the health and welfare of animals – and by extension, the health of people. #OneHealth