Brussels, July 7, 2021 - Last night, the European Parliament voted on a report on more citizen participation in the EU. Manuela Ripa, MEP of the ÖDP, voted in favor of the report together with the Greens/EFA group in the EU Parliament. That is why I am also here in Parliament...
Manuela Ripa, Member of the European Parliament for the ÖDP in Saarland, visited the farm for farm animals in Eiweiler to see for herself how animal welfare is practiced in Saarland. The farm, which was founded in 2007 by Jutta and Lothar Braun on a private initiative, is a place for discarded farm animals and in Saarland...
The newly elected co-chair of JÖ - jung. jung. ökologisch (youth organization of the ÖDP) Tim-Oliver Kray starts as a parliamentary parliamentary assistant for ÖDP MEP Manuela Ripa in Brussels. "The co-chair of our youth organization is an ideal reinforcement for me", explains the MEP. Kray has already as parliamentary assistant to Ripa's predecessor Prof.... in 2018.
Brussels, 20 June 2021 - On the 6th anniversary of the killing of Cecil the lion by an American trophy hunter, representatives of animal welfare and conservation organizations, Members of the EU Parliament and conservation experts from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya are calling for a ban on the import of hunting trophies into the EU. In a...
I welcome the joint initiative by Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands to ban long live animal transports by road and water! Such live transports are cruel to animals. As we have unfortunately seen time and time again, most transports do not even meet the minimum standards for the prevention of animal...
Brussels 28 June 2021 - The Commission is today discussing the design and approval of the Horizon Europe Mission on Soil Health and Food, which is at risk of being underfunded or not funded at all for the 2021-2022 work program. With their letter, the...
Brussels, June 24, 2021 -The EU Parliament today voted on the EU Climate Law. Although the law in this form does not listen to the Council and the warnings of the scientific community, it was adopted by a majority. Manuela Ripa, MEP of the ÖDP, voted together with the Group of the European People's...
Saarbrücken/Wadern, June 14, 2021 - As part of the Germany-wide EU Project Day on June 14, Saarland MEP Manuela Ripa from the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) met with pupils from the Gymnasium am Rotenbühl (GAR) in Saarbrücken and the St. Martin Wadern-Wadrill/Steinberg elementary school. This year, the...
Strasbourg, 10.06.2021 - The motion for a resolution on the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) "End the Cage Age" was adopted by an overwhelming majority in the European Parliament. It is now up to the European Commission to initiate a corresponding legislative procedure. ÖDP MEP Manuela Ripa spoke out clearly in plenary against the caging of animals...
Strasbourg, 08.06.2021 - The European Parliament has adopted the Environment Committee's report on the "EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives". It thus reaffirms and complements the objectives for the protection and restoration of biodiversity as set out in...