Ripa: "Fight against corruption must be intensified urgently" (Brussels/14.12.2022) Following the exposure of the corruption scandal in the European Parliament and the arrest of Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili, Manuela Ripa, Member of the European Parliament for the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP), is urgently calling for comprehensive reforms. The MEP sees the reputation of the entire...

Ripa: "CO2 content is becoming the new currency in world trade!" (Strasbourg, 13.12.2022) As part of the EU's major climate protection package "Fit for 55", another central element has been adopted. With the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), the European Parliament and the member states are...

Ripa: "CO2 content will become the new currency in global trade!" (Strasbourg, 13.12.2022) Another key element has been adopted as part of the major climate protection package "Fit for 55". With the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the European Parliament and the member states are making the CO2 content of products on the global market the central...

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...