VP leader Manfred Weber wants to commit the European People's Party (EPP) to rejecting the pesticide regulation being discussed in the European Parliament at its party conference in Munich today. Among other things, the regulation aims to halve the use of pesticides in European agriculture by 2030. "The fact that Markus Söder...
It is not said for nothing that forests are the green lungs of our planet. The destruction of one of the natural foundations of our lives must finally stop! That is why I am hopeful that in this plenary session in Strasbourg we are sending out a clear signal against EU-driven deforestation policies by voting YES to the regulation on deforestation-free...
Mega-authorization of chromium trioxide repealed! Hooray - after more than four years, we in the European Parliament have finally won the battle against the mega-authorization of chromium trioxide under REACH! This means that a highly toxic substance has finally been taken off the market and another important step towards greater consumer protection has been taken! Since...
The Saar Fishing Association visits me in the European Parliament Many thanks to the Fischereiverband Saar from my home region, the Saarland, for the visit to the European Parliament! We have many common issues that we deal with, such as water protection, nature conservation and species protection. We also talked about cormorants and...
Nuclear power must NOT be an option for the future! 37 years ago today, a nuclear disaster occurred in Chernobyl that caused great suffering to the people in this region and throughout Europe and irreversible environmental damage. Never before had such large quantities of long-lived nuclear waste been released in a single...
Fast fashion must finally make way for a worker- and environmentally friendly textile industry! Fast fashion is not a sustainable model! Even 10 years after the devastating collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh with over 1100 deaths and numerous injuries, the EU is still a major consumer of fast fashion. This terrible event showed...
We should protect our nature much more! Today's Earth Day is not only about appreciating our beautiful home planet, but also about an ecological, environmentally conscious lifestyle to better protect nature. The European Union is working on many urgently needed measures to encourage industry in particular to take more responsibility for...
Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, the Members of the AnimalWelfare Intergroup's Working Group on Companion Animals, Petras Auštrevičius MEP, Manuela Ripa MEP and Michal Wiezik MEP met for a constructive meeting on April 18th 2023....
The EU is finally taking responsibility for the supply chains of coffee, cocoa, etc.! It is not for nothing that forests are the green lungs of our planet. The destruction of one of our natural resources must finally stop! That's why I am hopeful that we will finally be able to take responsibility in this plenary session in Strasbourg with a clear...
Ripa: "The EU is passing the world's largest legislative package towards climate neutrality." (Strasbourg, 18.04.2023) The European Parliament today adopted the final negotiating outcome between Parliament, Commission, and Council for important parts of the EU climate protection package "Fit for 55". The legislative package, the largest...