The EU Presidency rotates to a different Member State every 6 months – https://newsroom.consilium.europa.eu/events/20150629-what-is-the-council-presidency-and-how-does-it-work/106943-what-is-the-council-presidency-and-how-does-it-work-2015

Denmark took the Presidency from July 2025.

Thus, Denmark is now in an ideal position to push ahead with the implementation of EU wide legislation which could see the banning of fast growing meat chickens; which rapidly – unnaturally, increase their growth and size to a quick slaughter size. But as result of reaching this quick slaughter weight, the birds suffer terribly from birth, including lameness, heart failure and bone deformities, as you can see here:

https://www.animalaid.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/broiler.pdf

https://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/bred-unnaturally-fast-growth-broiler-chickens-suffer-greatly-change-way

https://www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/new-hope-broiler-chickens-who-are-bred-grow-so-fast-they-can-barely-walk

Reference – The ‘CAP’ or Common Agriculture Policy, https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/common-agricultural-policy/cap-overview/cap-glance_en

Animal Protection Denmark – https://www.dyrenesbeskyttelse.dk/

https://www.eurogroupforanimals.org/news/denmarks-presidency-opportunity-prioritise-long-term-progress-farm-animals