European Parliament
Janusz Wojciechowski (UEN ).
(PL)
Mr President, we as MEPs have been receiving correspondence from individuals and organisations about the problem of the savage treatment of stray dogs in Romania.
The reason I draw attention to this is that in the European Union we have adopted certain standards: recently, when debating an action plan for animal protection, we accepted the principle that the protection and humane treatment of animals is a challenge for European culture and civilisation in the 21st century.
Romania is about to join the European Union in a few weeks’ time and we cannot accept standards that are at odds with European standards. It is an issue I would like to draw your attention to, and I ask the European Commission also to address this issue and to intervene appropriately.

