Brussels, 29.10.2021 The German government's contradictory subsidies: On the one hand, a lot of money is now - finally - being invested in the protection and preservation of nature, but on the other hand, climate-damaging production and behaviour is still being subsidized. The next German government must readjust the screws here! Or how will it...
Ommersheim, 25.10.2021 This weekend, Manuela Ripa, MEP for the Saarland, visited the Wack organic farm in Ommersheim, Saarland. The family-run farm keeps cattle, chickens and pigs in an exemplary manner and now runs its own dairy. During her tour, Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) was able to hold intensive discussions with the farmer...
Strasbourg, 21.10.2021. The European Parliament has adopted the report on the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions. Manuela Ripa (ÖDP): "If we want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, we must immediately and significantly reduce methane emissions in the EU! Industrial livestock farming contributes to...
Strasbourg, 20.10.2021. After weeks of being under siege by aggressive lobbying, the European Parliament in Strasbourg has voted in favor of the ambitious Farm-to-Fork Strategy. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP): "The course is finally being set for the necessary transformation of agriculture and for a sustainable, fair food system. This is good for...
EU Parliament votes on report on the situation of artists and the EU's cultural recovery Strasbourg, 19.10.2021. There have always been poor artists - Mozart, Vivaldi, Kafka, they all died poor. Just how precarious the situation really is for many artists and cultural practitioners is...
Brussels, 12.10.2021. The EU Parliament's Environment Committee today adopted the report "on the implementation of animal welfare on farms" by a majority. As shadow rapporteur for the Greens/EFA group, MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) is delighted with her hard-won success: "With our amendments, my colleagues from the Animal Welfare...
Brussels, 06.10.2021. The European Parliament has adopted the report on "The role of development policy in responding to biodiversity loss in developing countries". Manuela Ripa MEP (ÖDP) commented: "I very much welcome this report, as the preservation of biodiversity and the creation of new spaces for biodiversity are...
Manuela Ripa, MEP: "More than one million signatures for the European Citizens' Initiative "Save bees and farmers" are a clear mandate to the EU Commission!" Brussels, 30.09.2021. The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) "Save Bees and Farmers" has been a resounding success: More than one million...
Brussels, 27.09.2021. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) asked the crucial question this morning in the Special Committee on Cancer: What can the European Parliament do together with the member states to fight cancer? Prevention! Cancer prevention is and remains the most tangible response to this devastating widespread disease. Ripa made in...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021: On Monday, MEP Manuela Ripa from the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) visited the Manufaktur Restaurant in Mönchengladbach with a lecture on the "Fateful choice for the EU climate protection package". The politician once again made it clear that the current climate policy measures are not enough...