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Bid to ban bullfighting abandoned as French MPs block crucial vote

A bid to ban bullfighting in France was abandoned on Thursday as MPs opposed to the move presented more than 500 amendments, using up the time for debate and obstructing a vote on draft legislation.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 25, 2022

Animal cruelty or local culture? Bullfighting ban divides France

As France's parliament prepares to debate banning bullfighting outright, its defenders and opponents are equally passionate in their arguments for and against the practice.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 24, 2022

Art or torture? France debates banning bullfighting

Sixteen-year old Baptiste is training to be a bullfighter in the southern French city of Arles and says lawmakers who want to ban it across the country simply do not comprehend what he calls an art.

Reuters · Nov 22, 2022