Member states must stop the use of glyphosate! Although there are data gaps in the studies of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) regarding the effects of glyphosate on water protection and biodiversity, the European Commission wants to extend the use of glyphosate by a further 10...
The new issue of my magazine "Ecology & Europe" was published a few days ago! The main topic of this issue is all about protecting our water, with a special focus on the role of detergents and cleaning agents in the area of water protection. As the European Parliament's chief negotiator on the subject of...
Ripa: "We in the ÖDP have known for a long time: green growth is a fairy tale" (Brussels/11.09.2023) The two economists Jefim Vogel and Jason Hickel have examined the concept of "green growth" in an analysis published in the journal "The Lancet Planetary Health". The core message of their findings is that...
(Brussels/07.09.2023) More and more animal and plant species that are not originally native to Germany and Europe are spreading. MEP Manuela Ripa from the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) warns of the damage that such invasive species can cause to humans and nature: "According to the...
The European Commission and the EU Member States are currently in the process of deciding to extend the approval of glyphosate for a further 15 years behind closed doors. We have to prevent that! Glyphosate is a pesticide for weed destruction that has a devastating effect on...
The European Commission and the EU member states are currently in the process of deciding behind closed doors to extend the approval of glyphosate for a further 15 years. We must prevent this! Glyphosate is a weed-killing pesticide that has a devastating effect on biodiversity: It kills almost everything! Furthermore...
Tomorrow is Nature Conservation Day! This day reminds us how important it is to protect and conserve our livelihoods and thus our precious nature. Unfortunately, we are increasingly seeing the dangers to which our natural world is exposed: climate change, species extinction, pollution and overexploitation of natural resources....
On Sunday, July 30, 2023, everything will revolve around animal welfare and nature conservation in the German-French Garden in Saarbrücken. From 10 am to 6 pm, the major event "Quo vadis? Vision Animal and Nature Conservation Saar" will take place here. As a Member of the European Parliament for the ÖDP - the Nature Conservation Party and Vice-President of the Animal Welfare Group in the European...
We need a global moratorium on seabed mining. That is why, as an MEP of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP - the Nature Conservation Party), I have signed the call by parliamentarians for a moratorium on seabed mining. Setting this signal is important in view of the meeting of the International Seabed Authority on...
This week, Kirsten Elisabeth Jäckel from the Federal Executive Committee of the ÖDP and Chair of the BAK Women visited me in the European Parliament for three days. They were very eventful days, where she looked over my shoulder as I worked and where we took part in a demonstration against the...