02 Dec. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) stands up for Saarland steel processing companies in EU negotiations
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...
30 Nov. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)
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...
30 Nov. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)
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...
29 Nov. Bundestag must reject CETA
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...
29 Nov. Bundestag must reject CETA
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...
26 Nov. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) on the resolution of the European Parliament on wildlife trafficking
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...
26 Nov. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) on the European Parliament resolution on wildlife trade
Ripa: "Mandatory introduction of a positive list is necessary" (Strasbourg/26.11.2022) In a resolution adopted by the European Parliament with a large majority, the EU Commission is invoked to sustainably improve EU regulations for wild and exotic animals kept as pets in the EU. The core part...
25 Nov. MEP Manuela Ripa on the International Day against Violence against Women
Ripa: "Violence against women and domestic violence are widespread and affect an estimated to affect one in three women in the EU!" In March this year, the European Commission published its proposal to introduce EU-wide rules to combat violence against women and domestic and domestic violence. This provides for certain forms of...
25 Nov. Ripa: "Violence against women and domestic violence are widespread and affect an estimated one in three women in the EU!"
(Brussels, 25/11/2022) In March of this year, the European Commission published its proposal to introduce EU-wide rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence. This proposal intends to criminalize certain forms of violence in which women are disproportionately affected, to be criminalized. These include...