MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) calls on the responsibility of the European Commission Brussels, 27.01.22. Every year, more than 400 km² of land in the EU are converted into settlement and transport areas, mainly agricultural land. ÖDP MEP Manuela Ripa addressed the European Commission during a meeting...
MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) has called for more sustainability in the fashion industry. In this context, the ecologist, together with other members of the European Parliament, has sent several letters to the European Commission calling for a more sustainable textile industry - including a longer...
"Progress without an accompanying risk research is like speeding on the motorway without a seat belt" Brussels, 10.02.2022. In a joint letter, ÖDP MEP Manuela Ripa and some of her colleagues from the Greens/EFA Group have written to the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety,...
Strasbourg, 09.03.22. Today, the European Parliament voted on the new Battery Regulation. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP), who served as shadow rapporteur for the Industry Committee and for critical raw materials in the International Trade Committee, commented: "This law will make progress in two fundamental areas: It increases recycling rates...
Brussels, 09.03.22. "The EU must not finance another day of Putin's cruel war. No measure must be left unused to put an end to Russian aggression. We need an immediate oil and gas embargo," demands Manuela Ripa MEP of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP)...
MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) visited the planned site of the battery factory Saarbrücken, 07.03.2022. Manuela Ripa, Member of the European Parliament for the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP), met with members of the citizens' initiative "Friends of Linslerfeld" at the site of SVOLT's planned battery factory near Überherrn. They...
MEP Manuela Ripa: "We need an efficient climate protection measure that also takes third countries into account!" Brussels, 04.03.22. The Committee on International Trade has voted on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The Committee's recommendation on this global climate protection measure failed by one vote. The European Commission had proposed the CBAM as part of its European...
MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP): "We need a pollutant-free circular economy!" Brussels, 03.03.22. Behind the funny-sounding abbreviation POPs are the most harmful of all hazardous substances: Persistent Organic Pollutants. ÖDP MEP Manuela Ripa commented: "POPs are massively harmful to our health and the environment. We must therefore take them very seriously. The...
MEP Manuela Ripa: "An EU supply chain law was long overdue" Brussels, 23.02.2022. The European Commission today presented its proposal for a supply chain law. It is intended to oblige companies to ensure compliance with social and environmental standards in their supply chains. However, the rules only affect a small part of...
MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) on the Ukraine conflict: "Putin drops his mask" Following Russia's recognition of the breakaway provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, MEP Manuela Ripa from the Ecological Democratic Party strongly condemns Russia's actions. Putin has violated the Minsk Agreement with his aggressive...