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The poultry and egg sector is one of the most intensive farming systems in the EU. There are more than 400 million laying hens in the EU, which produce close to 7.5 million tonnes of eggs each year. Will the sector continue to thrive? What are the challenges it faces? And how does the EU support and regulate the sector to make it more humane and environmentally-friendly? https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_IDA(2019)644195 Source: © European Union - EP