Ripa: "Keep Saarland industrial products competitive and protect jobs" (Homburg/02.12.2022) - Today, Saarland MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) visited the ThyssenKrupp Gerlach plant in Homburg. The Homburg plant is currently concerned about the EU negotiations on the CO2 border adjustment mechanism. The steel processing industry is currently excluded from the scope of the proposal...

Ripa: "Investment protection is preferred to climate protection" (Brussels/29.11.2022) Germany should quickly make good on its announcement and withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), demands Manuela Ripa, MEP of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP). For far too long, Germany has been lazing around and has not followed the example of other countries such as France, which have...

Ripa: "Investment protection is prioritized over climate protection" (Brussels/29.11.2022) Germany should urgently implement its announcement and withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), demands Manuela Ripa, MEP of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP). For far too long, she said, Germans have been losing time and have...

ÖDP does not want parallel justice for profit Will corporations be able to sue Germany in future because they are losing out on profits if the state protects the population and nature? The German Bundestag will decide on this this Thursday (01.12.). Five years ago, the free trade agreement CETA between the EU and Canada entered into force in part and...

ÖDP does not accept parallel justice for profit (Brussels, 29/11/2022) Are corporations allowed to sue Germany in the future because they lose profit when the state protects the population and nature? The German Bundestag will decide this Thursday (01.12.). Five years ago, the CETA free trade...

Ripa: "Mandatory introduction of a positive list is essential" (Strasbourg/26.11.2022) In a resolution adopted by the European Parliament by a large majority, the European Commission is called upon to sustainably improve EU regulations for wild and exotic animals kept as pets in the EU. The core component of the demand is the introduction of...