Brussels, 18.11.2021. The European Parliament has been fighting for a long time for an EU-wide legislative proposal on soil protection. Now the European Commission has announced that it will finally present a legislative proposal for the protection of EU soil by 2023. Manuela Ripa, shadow rapporteur of the Greens/EFA group for the European Parliament's resolution on soil protection last April,...
Brussels, November 16, 2021 - The UN Climate Change Conference COP26 ended at the weekend with a series of announcements. "The outcome is sobering. The projects announced will not be enough to limit global warming to the necessary 1.5 °C. Climate protection is coming - but too late...
Brussels, November 16, 2021. This weekend, the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 came to an end with a series of announcements. "The outcome is sobering. The announced plans will not be enough to limit global warming to the necessary 1.5 °C. Climate protection is coming...
Brussels, 29.10.2021 The German government's contradictory subsidies: On the one hand, a lot of money is now - finally - being invested in the protection and preservation of nature, but on the other hand, climate-damaging production and behaviour is still being subsidized. The next German government must readjust the screws here! Or how will it...
Ommersheim, 25.10.2021 This weekend, Manuela Ripa, MEP for the Saarland, visited the Wack organic farm in Ommersheim, Saarland. The family-run farm keeps cattle, chickens and pigs in an exemplary manner and now runs its own dairy. During her tour, Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) was able to hold intensive discussions with the farmer...
Strasbourg, 21.10.2021. The European Parliament has adopted the report on the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions. Manuela Ripa (ÖDP): "If we want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, we must immediately and significantly reduce methane emissions in the EU! Industrial livestock farming contributes to...
Strasbourg, 21.10.2021. The European Parliament has adopted the report for the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions. Manuela Ripa (ÖDP): "If we want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, we have to reduce methane emissions in the EU immediately and significantly! Industrial livestock farming...
Strasbourg, 20.10.2021. After weeks of being under siege by aggressive lobbying, the European Parliament in Strasbourg has voted in favor of the ambitious Farm-to-Fork Strategy. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP): "The course is finally being set for the necessary transformation of agriculture and for a sustainable, fair food system. This is good for...
Strasbourg, 20.10.2021. After weeks of siege by aggressive lobbying, the European Parliament in Strasbourg voted in favor of the ambitious Farm-to-Fork strategy. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP): "Finally, the course is being set for the necessary transformation of agriculture and for a sustainable, fair food system....
EU Parliament votes on report on the situation of artists and the EU's cultural recovery Strasbourg, 19.10.2021. Poor artists have always existed - Mozart, Vivaldi, Kafka, they all died poor. How precarious the situation really is for many artists and cultural operators only became really clear...