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===Germany=== The Great Ape Project achieved many of its goals in its early years: New Zealand completely banned invasive experiments on great apes in 1999, as did the Balearic Islands (an autonomous region of the monarchy of Spain) in 2007, deciding to implement certain fundamental rights for great apes in their code of law. However, the project entered a long period of political stagnation in Europe. All hopes that the achievements on the Balearic Islands would spark off further steps on the mainland of Spain and from there to other European countries proved to be futile. Efforts in Spain were largely curtailed due to the influence of the Catholic Church, obstructing the project's goals. In 2011, however, the project was given an official relaunch in Germany, supported by the Germany-based [[Giordano-Bruno-Stiftung]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chronologie der wichtigsten Ereignisse |trans-title=Chronology of key events |url=https://www.giordano-bruno-stiftung.de/aktivitaeten/chronologie-wichtigsten-ereignisse |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Giordano-Bruno-Stiftung |date=30 April 2011 |at=At section "2011: Grundrechte für Menschenaffen, Debatte über Bioethik und Proteste gegen den Papst" |language=de}}</ref> Great Ape Project<ref>{{Cite web |title=Willkommen beim Great Ape Project |trans-title=Welcome to the Great Ape Project |url=https://www.greatapeproject.de/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Great Ape Project |language=de}}</ref>{{Irrelevant citation|date=March 2023}} Germany filed an official law initiative in spring of 2014, to have the aforesaid fundamental rights for great apes implemented into the constitutional law of the Federal Republic of Germany. The goal was (and still is) to have the animal welfare law extended to specifically grant the great apes the rights needed, to give them the chance, to have legal guardians representing their interests. In analogy to infants or of people suffering from dementia or Alzheimer disease, who cannot speak for themselves, legal guardians could file lawsuits against anyone violating the fundamental rights of the apes. Right now there are only animal protection laws, giving the animals no active legitimization.
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