Proposal for a referendum on bullfighting subsidies

Coruna, Galicia, España. – An opinion poll realized by the antibullfighting platform “Galicia, Better without Bullfights” reveals that 89 % of young people are opposed to the subsidising of bullfighting celebrations with public money. Rubén Pérez, one of the spokesmen of the Galician platform, informs us that they are proposing that a referendum be held in La Coruña to vote on the subsidies of 128,000 euros that the Town council proposes to spend in supporting these type of events. He adds that “ If in La Coruña there were no municipal subsidy of the bullfighting spectacles, they simply would not be held.” (July, 2010)