At European level, we are currently negotiating a new law to reduce the use of pesticides in European agriculture, and today the report was presented in the lead committee. However, the negotiations are going very slowly. The reason for this is that the proposal for a new EU pesticide regulation has met with fierce criticism from...
How would the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement affect indigenous peoples and small farms in Latin America? I discussed this with Latin American scientists and non-governmental organizations and we agreed that the current agreement is neither compatible with European climate protection goals nor with the plans of Brazil's new government led by President Lula for a climate...
If you want to find out more about my topics and my work as an MEP, then take a look at the recently published report by Saarländischer Rundfunk, which shows me in Saarland but also in the European Parliament in Brussels. Among other things, you can see me in the...
One year ago today, Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his brutal war of aggression against the sovereign and independent Ukraine. Since that day, the people there have been living through agony, death and displacement. Unimaginable, but suffering and grief have become an integral part of their everyday lives. Putin is waging a battle against...
Ripa: "Effective marine protection requires EU-wide binding legislation!" (Brussels, 22.02.23) Manuela Ripa, MEP of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP), comments as follows on the action plan presented today by the European Commission to end bottom trawling: "We need an end to the use of bottom trawls in fisheries! This fishing method destroys the biological...
Ripa: "A sustainable EU industrial policy must be based on the objectives of the EU Green Deal" MEPs have adopted a resolution on the EU industrial strategy - the Green Deal Industrial Act - with a decisive majority in the plenary session in Strasbourg. The main aim of the resolution is to promote the ecological...
Ripa: "Expand cycling infrastructure and develop European bicycle production!" (Strasbourg, 16.02.23) MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) comments on today's vote in the European Parliament on an EU cycling strategy as follows: "Cycling is no longer just a hobby these days, but rather part of the transportation infrastructure in Europe! The advantages...
I was delighted to attend the launch of Philip Lymbery's book "Sixty Harvests Left". Lymbery is a passionate animal rights activist and environmentalist, President of Eurogroup for Animals and a founding member of the World Federation for Animals. His book is very topical and takes a critical look at...
(Heiligenwald, 11.02.23) Today, MEP Manuela Ripa was a "winter helper" and helped serve food at the AWO winter café in Heiligenwald. The local fire department and the "cellar men" had cooked a typical Saarland dish: Schaales with stewed apples. Ripa is impressed by how many local people...
A historic day: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a moving speech in the plenary chamber of the European Parliament in Brussels this morning. It is the first time since the outbreak of Russian aggression that he has come to the EU in person. To experience him in the EU Parliament was therefore...