Our world is facing profound upheavals. The climate crisis, social inequality and political polarization clearly show that "business as usual" in the name of unlimited growth no longer works. We need a new understanding of economic success - one that is no longer based solely on gross domestic product. The current World Happiness...
Today is World Down Syndrome Day - a moment to pause and take a look. People with Down syndrome and other disabilities enrich our society in many ways. That's why it's so important that we consider their perspectives and needs not just today, but every day - in our policies, in our...
Today, the first meeting of the European Parliament's Intergroup on the Rights of the Child took place - together with representatives of the Child Rights Action Group (CRAG), the largest network for children's rights at EU level. Children must be at the center of European policy. I look forward to working together to promote children's rights in...
Last week, we had the opportunity to welcome EU Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare Olivér Várhelyi as a speaker at the meeting of the European Parliament's Animal Welfare Group in Strasbourg. In an intensive exchange, we asked him about key animal welfare issues, in particular the EU's major legislative projects,...
I was very pleased to welcome members of the ÖDP Weilheim-Schongau to the European Parliament today. I was able to give them an insight into my work as a Member of the European Parliament. Together we engaged in an intensive dialog on important political issues, and I was able to...
The world is facing urgent ecological and social challenges that also require a rethink of the economic model. Growth at any price is not a sustainable way forward. Together with GLOBE EU and my colleague Sirpa Pietikäinen, I cordially invite you to the event "Charting the Path...
On the occasion of International School Meals Day, ICLEI Europe and IFOAM Organics Europe organized an event at the European Parliament today to raise awareness about the importance of healthy and sustainable school meals. 🌍🥗 #SmallPlateBigImpact I had the opportunity to speak at this event and emphasize the importance of preventive...
A moving ceremony took place in the European Parliament last weekend to mark International Women's Day. The speeches by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, who spoke about their courageous fight against the dictatorship in Belarus, were particularly impressive. Equally moving were the words of Leniie Umerova...
(Strasbourg/Saarbrücken) MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) was appointed "Ecologia" 2025 in Strasbourg on Monday. This means that Ripa will be the Ecology Ambassador of the Rülzheim-based Ecology and Democracy Foundation for one year. The foundation has been awarding the prize since 2001 to women who "with charisma and competence"...
ÖDP MEP Manuela Ripa: Society must secure spaces for women to develop their potential. "It's not women who have to change," demands ÖDP MEP Manuela Ripa on the occasion of International Women's Day (March 8): "We have to change the structures of our society." On International Women's Day, Ripa, who is also on the federal board of the Nature Conservation Party...