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[Bob Jacobs 🔸]

For those voting in the EU election and general elections in Belgium, here’s an overview of the party positions when it comes to animal welfare:

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✅ means more in favor ❌ means more against

Federal election (Flanders):

policy proposal	PVDA 🔴	GROEN ❇️	VOORUIT 🔺	Open-VLD 🔵	CD&V 🔶	N-VA 🔆	VB ⬛️
VAT rate reduction on veterinary care and pet food	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
A ban on traditional fireworks	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅

Federal election (Walloon):

policy proposal	PTB 🔴	ECOLO ❇️	PS 🔺	LE 🐬	Défi 🌸	MR 🔵
VAT rate reduction on veterinary care and pet food	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅
A ban on traditional fireworks	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅

Flanders election:

policy proposal	PVDA 🔴	GROEN ❇️	VOORUIT 🔺	Open-VLD 🔵	CD&V 🔶	N-VA 🔆	VB ⬛️
Better living conditions for broiler chickens in Flanders	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
A ban on live cooking and cutting lobsters in half	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
A phasing out plan of Boudewijn Seapark	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
A ban on the painful surgical castration of piglets	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌
A ban on chick killing	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
Stricter legislation around the dog and cat trade	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
A duty of care for horses, dogs, cats and rabbits	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
The development of cultured meat in Flanders	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌
Animal testing: for an animal-free strategy in Flanders	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
A Flemish ban on the sale of products that harm animal welfare	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌
Animal welfare as a criterion in environmental permit procedure	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
A punishment of animal abuse through GAS fines	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
total score	11⁄12	12⁄12	8⁄12	3⁄12	0⁄12	11⁄12	7⁄12
Highest score		✅

Walloon election:

	PTB 🔴	ECOLO ❇️	PS 🔺	LE 🐬	Défi 🌸	MR 🔵
Total score	12⁄13	11⁄13	8⁄13	10⁄13	6⁄13	5⁄13
Highest score	✅

EU election (Flanders):

	PVDA 🔴	GROEN ❇️	VOORUIT 🔺	Open-VLD 🔵	CD&V 🔶	N-VA 🔆	VB ⬛️
Total score	9⁄10	10⁄10	10⁄10	8⁄10	0⁄10	10⁄10	0⁄10
Highest score		✅	✅			✅

EU election (Walloon):

	PTB 🔴	ECOLO ❇️	PS 🔺	LE 🐬	Défi 🌸	MR 🔵
Total score	9⁄10	9⁄10	7⁄10	9⁄10	6⁄10	7⁄10
Highest score	✅	✅		✅

Brussels election:

PVDA 🔴

ECOLO ❇️

GROEN ❇️

PS 🔺

VOORUIT 🔺

LE 🐬

Défi 🌸

MR 🔵

O-VLD 🔵

CD&V 🔶

N-VA 🔆

VB ⬛️

Score

5⁄6

5⁄6

6⁄6

4⁄6

6⁄6

5⁄6

5⁄6

4⁄6

3⁄6

0⁄6

6⁄6

5⁄6

Highest score

✅

✅

✅

Highest score Federal election (Flanders): PVDA, GROEN, VB

Highest score Federal election (Walloon): PTB, PS, MS

Highest score Flanders election: GROEN

Highest score Walloon election: PTB

Highest score EU election (Flanders): GROEN, Vooruit, N-VA

Highest score EU election (Walloon): PTB, Ecolo, LE

Highest score Brussels election: GROEN, Vooruit, N-VA

TLDR: Just like my post on the topic pointed out, the leftwing parties tend to be best for animal welfare, but the far-right can often be better than the center-right