Why does Austria’s government want to ban laboratory meat?

It is only one sentence on page 143 in the government program of the ÖVP, SPÖ and NEOS, which recently had many farmers’ representatives and agricultural chambers cheered: “The federal government is committed to the approval of laboratory meat at EU level and is calling for a consequences”, according to “Strengthening the competitiveness of Austrian agriculture”. The Carinthian Chamber of Agriculture sees the government’s plan as a sign that its own campaign and petition against laboratory meat have had an effect in the past year.