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Date Published: 08/10/2021

ARCHIVED - Congress in Spain to debate banning bullfighting

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Deputies will debate a number of amendments to control the practice in Spain

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Congress in Spain to debate banning bullfighting

With the 40th Federal Congress set to take place in the Community of Valencia next week, the PSOE intends to table discussions on a number of controversial items, not least the continuing practice of bullfighting in Spain. The delegates will look at several requests to cease the promotion and subsidisation of the sport as a cultural element, preventing minors under the age of 16 from attending the shows and even the ultimate “extinction” of bullfighting.

The move comes just days after the central government announced that the new annual youth grant for cultural endeavours will exclude bullfighting, with many socialist groups arguing that the traditional sport should not be considered part of Spanish ‘culture’.

With so many new proposals in recent weeks dedicated to extending the rights of animals, an amendment to the current text suggests that as society advances and changes, people in Spain should not tolerate the “mistreatment of any living beings for leisure reasons”. This is why several politicians are insisting that bullfights and street shows with these animals should not be promoted or supported.

The PSOE has yet to take a definitive stance on bullfighting, but the Minister of Finance, Maria Jesus Montero, has defended the government’s decision to leave the activity out of the cultural bonus payment, insisting that officials had to choose carefully which industries to prioritise in the new 2022 budget.

For its part, the Socialist Youth of Spain (JSE) has proposed an amendment which would prohibit “the attendance of minors under 16 years of age to shows based on animal abuse, such as bullfighting”.

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