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21 Sep. Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) welcomes the proposal for one billion euros in additional funding for EU border regions such as Saarland

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Ripa: "The 'EU Borderland Billion' can advance crucial cross-border environmental and climate protection projects in Saarland" Saarbrücken, 22.09.2022 - The European Parliament has adopted a report entitled "Border regions in the EU: real laboratories of European integration" with proposals for solutions to the economic problems in border regions. Among other things, it calls for...

21 Sep. We have to ban products made by forced labor

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MEP Ripa (ÖDP) calls for a shift of the burden of proof (Brussels, 21/09/2022) The European Commission has announced that products manufactured using forced labor are no longer to be sold in the EU in the future. The focus is particularly on China, where there have...

21 Sep. Stop products from forced labor

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MEP Ripa (ÖDP) calls for reversal of the burden of proof The European Commission has announced that products manufactured with the help of forced labor may no longer be sold in the EU in the future. The focus here is particularly on China, where there have long been reports of blatant human rights violations...

14 Sep. MEP Manuela Ripa on Ursula von der Leyen's speech on the state of the European Union

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Ripa: "Good approaches, but many important issues ignored" (Strasbourg/14.09.2022) Today, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the European Union address to the European Parliament. She began by welcoming the Ukrainian President's wife Olena Selenska, who was present in Parliament. Von der Leyen...

14 Sep. MEP Manuela Ripa on Ursula von der Leyen's speech on the state of the European Union

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Ripa: "The ideas are good, but many important issues remain ignored" (Strasbourg, 14/09/2022) Today, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the European Union speech to the European Parliament. In the beginning, she welcomed the Ukrainian President's wife...

13 Sep. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) Vote in the EU Parliament on the regulation against deforestation and forest degradation

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Ripa: "EU bears great responsibility for global deforestation" (Strasbourg/13.09.2022) Today, the European Parliament adopted a regulation against deforestation and forest degradation by a large majority. This means that a legal framework is now in place to ensure that raw materials and products sold in the EU are not linked to deforestation and...

13 Sep. MEP Manuela Ripa on the delay to the SVolt plans at Linslerfeld

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Ripa: "Brownfield sites are attractive for business relocations" (Saarbücken/12.09.2022) The Chinese battery manufacturer SVolt has announced that it is postponing its plans to build a factory for electric car batteries on the Linslerfeld site in Überherrn, Saarland, by several years. Battery production is now scheduled to start in 2027/2028. Until now, SVolt had assumed...

13 Sep. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) Vote in the EU Parliament on the regulation against deforestation and forest degradation

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Ripa: "EU bears great responsibility in global deforestation" (Strasbourg/13.09.2022) Today, the European Parliament adopted by a large majority the Regulation against deforestation and forest degradation. This means that a legal framework is now in place to ensure that raw materials and products sold in the EU...

02 Sep. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) calls for a coherent soil protection strategy

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Ripa: "Climate change is putting additional pressure on our soils" (Brussels/02.09.2022) This week's announcement by the German Weather Service that the summer of 2022 in Germany was the sixth driest since weather records began is an opportunity for MEP Manuela Ripa of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) to draw attention to the dramatically...

02 Sep. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) calls for a coherent soil protection strategy

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Ripa: "Climate change is putting additional pressure on our soils" (Brussels/02.09.2022) This week's report by the German Weather Service that the summer of 2022 in Germany was the sixth driest since the introduction of weather records has highlighted the dramatically poor state of our soils, according to...