I will never tire of emphasizing this: EU-wide animal welfare rules are urgently needed to protect our animals. The European Commission has finally presented them as promised! Animals are not products, they are sentient beings! Together with my colleagues, we asked the Commission in plenary today for a clear timetable for the...
Manuela Ripa MDEP: Children should have fun with toys and not get sick from them!...
At yesterday's meeting of the Environment Committee, the report on the Soil Monitoring Act was adopted, paving the way for a vote in plenary. The health of our soil is crucial to our well-being. Did you know that there are more creatures living in soil worldwide than there are stars in the universe?
Today I visited two schools as part of the EU project days! A big thank you goes to the dedicated pupils of the Gymnasium am Rotenbühl and the Schule im Rastbachtal - it was a great pleasure to receive input from young people and young adults and to learn from my...
On International Women's Day 2024, we celebrate the tireless strength, courage and achievements of women worldwide! The German Trade Union Confederation writes in its appeal for International Women's Day: "Rights that have been fought for must be defended again and again. Today it is more important than ever to protect our fundamental European values. Women's rights are...
Ripa: "An industrial settlement in a water protection area is fatal!"...
In this legislative period, important animal protection laws have not been presented, although the Commission has them in the drawer.it is about legislative proposals on the welfare of farm animals, i.e. the species-appropriate keeping of laying hens, broilers, pigs and calves, the protection of animals at the time of killing and the introduction of...
It was a great pleasure to welcome the dedicated students of the Saarpfalz-Gymnasium from Homburg yesterday and the group of visitors from the Landesjugendring Saarland to the European Parliament last week, where we explored a wide range of EU issues - from environmental protection to biodiversity and the environment.
The European Union is a pioneer in quality products like no other country - no one can fool us about the richness and diversity of our regional foods. Especially now, when European farmers are facing pressure and competition from low-cost products from third countries, it is...
Yesterday, at the meeting of the Interparliamentary Group on Animal Welfare, we discussed the new legislative proposal for the protection of cats and dogs - the law is intended to provide new rules and standards for the welfare of these animals bred or kept in breeding facilities, pet shops and animal shelters....