(Strasbourg, 21/11/2022) The European Parliament celebrated this week the first session of the Joint Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, which took place 70 years ago in Strasbourg. This assembly later gave rise to the European Parliament. Over time, Strasbourg has become the main...
Ripa: "The European Commission's work program for 2023 does not address important legislative projects of the European Green Deal" (Brussels/11.11.2022) The European Commission has presented its work program for 2023. The 43 new initiatives are supposed to set the pace for EU policy in the coming...
(Brussels, 19/10/2022) The European Commission has presented its third package of measures to combat the energy crisis and tremendously increasing gas prices. The package offers a "dynamic price cap" in order to temporarily reduce price increases on the European market. At the same time, this...
Ripa: "This is an important step towards a pollutant-free circular economy (Strasbourg/05.10.2022) By a large majority, the European Parliament has voted to significantly lower the limits for highly toxic chemicals in waste, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), starting next year. This is essential to ensure that they...
Ripa: "The cable tangling will finally come to an end" (Strasbourg/04.10.2022) Following the vote in the European Parliament on the introduction of a uniform charging cable, MEP Manuela Ripa of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) is relieved: "This success proves that environmental protection measures to avoid...
Ripa: "Our European values are not negotiable!" (Brussels/26.09.2022) Following the electoral victory of the right-wing electoral alliance in Italy, MEP Manuela Ripa of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) expresses her concerns. Ripa points out the post-fascist roots of the "Brothers of Italy," which with its leading...
MEP Ripa (ÖDP) calls for a shift of the burden of proof (Brussels, 21/09/2022) The European Commission has announced that products manufactured using forced labor are no longer to be sold in the EU in the future. The focus is particularly on China, where there have...
Ripa: "The ideas are good, but many important issues remain ignored" (Strasbourg, 14/09/2022) Today, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the European Union speech to the European Parliament. In the beginning, she welcomed the Ukrainian President's wife...
Ripa: "EU bears great responsibility in global deforestation" (Strasbourg/13.09.2022) Today, the European Parliament adopted by a large majority the Regulation against deforestation and forest degradation. This means that a legal framework is now in place to ensure that raw materials and products sold in the EU...
Ripa: "Climate change is putting additional pressure on our soils" (Brussels/02.09.2022) This week's report by the German Weather Service that the summer of 2022 in Germany was the sixth driest since the introduction of weather records has highlighted the dramatically poor state of our soils, according...