Künast unteachable with pig husbandry VO

Union demands implementation of the EU directive one-to-one

On the occasion of the renewed submission of a draft of the pig farming ordinance by Federal Minister Künast, the chairman of the working group on consumer protection, food and agriculture of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Peter Harry Carstensen MdB, and the responsible rapporteur, Gitta Connemann MdB, explained:

Trying makes you smart - this wisdom obviously does not apply to Minister Künast. Because she has re-introduced her controversial pig husbandry ordinance largely unchanged, although she had already failed with her draft in the Bundesrat last year. For good reason. Because this draft for the implementation of the EU directive on the pig husbandry ordinance still contains unacceptable competitive disadvantages for German agriculture. This applies, among other things, to the large area specifications for stables and boxes. Despite all expertise, Ms. Künast wants to stick to her demands.

The Union, on the other hand, demands the implementation of the EU directive - one to one. There is no reason for us to change anything in the template from Brussels. After all, the EU has based its livestock regulation on scientific findings. This also includes aspects of animal welfare.

In this way, animal welfare would be taken into account and at the same time the distortion of competition to the detriment of German agriculture would be avoided. The livelihoods of local producers are threatened by unilateral conditions, and they have a doubly hard time against their European competitors. As a result, consumers in Germany would also be at a disadvantage, because they would increasingly be supplied with pork from countries whose animal welfare standards are far behind ours.

Nevertheless, the federal government is once again trying to go it alone nationally. According to her own statement, the minister wants to show that she is willing to compromise in the forthcoming negotiations in the Bundesrat. However, there are doubts about this, if only because it has resubmitted its regulation almost unchanged. With the reference to an impending lawsuit against Germany, she is now trying to create pressure to negotiate. It is solely up to the federal government that the requirements from Brussels have not yet been met. However, a real willingness to compromise is required so that the necessary regulation can finally be implemented. We are ready to do this for the benefit of animals and humans.

Source: Berlin [ cdu/csu ]