Against the stealing of our votes! MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) and ÖDP Chairwoman Charlotte Schmid sign open protest letter against percentage hurdle in European elections(Strasbourg/12.06.2023) At the end of May, the Bundestag debated the EU draft law for the first time, which aims to introduce a blocking clause of two percent in elections to the European Parliament. This...
This week I had a group of visitors from the Gymnasium Merzig and the Copernicus-Gymnasium Norderstedt visiting the European Parliament in Brussels! In addition to my parliamentary priorities and my everyday life as an MEP, we mainly discussed current European policy issues. I had a lot of fun giving you an insight into...
Markus Söder likes to pretend to be the father of the country - but for whom? Apparently for the #sugar industry...
Today is WorldOceansDay. We need to preserve the largest interconnected ecosystem on earth, because we need healthy oceans! But our actions are increasingly jeopardizing the health of our oceans. We must therefore act now to protect the biodiversity and ecosystem of our oceans! Take a look at my...
Attention: Nature urgently needs our support On World Food Security Day, one of the issues is how we can feed the world's growing population even in times of crisis. To do this, we need an intact natural environment. But we are currently destroying our environment: over 70% of our soils are in an unhealthy state. Biodiversity...
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The motto of this year's World Environment Day is Beat-Plastic-Pollution, and the state of our natural world is deteriorating ever faster as a result of the climate and biodiversity crisis - and these crises are man-made. With various factors such as pesticide use, deforestation and, last but not least, the massive problem of plastic pollution, this development is due to our own...
Our water is running out! This is also the subject of the Turkish film "Burning Days", which has been nominated for the LUX Awards. This film award is presented annually by the European Parliament. Until June 12, you, the viewers, can vote on which film deserves the award the most. Next Tuesday,...
Happy 15th anniversary, which the Gnadenhof Eiweiler celebrates on Sunday! Since 2008, the Gnadenhof Eiweiler, under the loving commitment of Jutta and Lothar Braun, has provided a home for many animals in need, thus making an important contribution to animal welfare. On over 25,000 square meters...
Against the opposition of many Conservative MEPs, including in particular MEPs from the CDU/CSU and the FDP, we have today voted in favor of a strong position of the European Parliament on the new EU supply chain law (CSDDD). I am particularly pleased that we were able to ensure that the law already applies to companies from...