"The illegal trade in animals is a booming industry that leads to consumer fraud and animal abuse. In doing so, it threatens European citizens and public health. An important step in fighting this dangerous practice would be for Europol to work with Eurojust and EU...
Brussels, July 7, 2021 - Last night, the European Parliament voted on a report on more citizen participation in the EU. Manuela Ripa, MEP of the ÖDP, voted in favor of the report together with the Greens/EFA group in the EU Parliament. That is why I am also here in Parliament...
Brussels, 07 July 2021 - The European Parliament voted yesterday evening on a report on more citizen participation in the EU. Manuela Ripa, MEP of the ÖDP, voted together with the Greens/EFA group in the EU Parliament in favor of the report. That is why I...
Manuela Ripa, Member of the European Parliament for the ÖDP in Saarland, visited the farm for farm animals in Eiweiler to see for herself how animal welfare is practiced in Saarland. The farm, which was founded in 2007 by Jutta and Lothar Braun on a private initiative, is a place for discarded farm animals and in Saarland...
The newly elected co-chair of JÖ - jung. jung. ökologisch (youth organization of the ÖDP) Tim-Oliver Kray starts as a parliamentary parliamentary assistant for ÖDP MEP Manuela Ripa in Brussels. "The co-chair of our youth organization is an ideal reinforcement for me", explains the MEP. Kray has already as parliamentary assistant to Ripa's predecessor Prof.... in 2018.
Brussels, June 20, 2021 -Marking the sixth anniversary of the killing of Cecil the lion by an American trophy hunter, animal and nature protection NGOs, members of the European Parliament, and conservation experts from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya are calling on the EU to...
Brussels, 20 June 2021 - On the 6th anniversary of the killing of Cecil the lion by an American trophy hunter, representatives of animal welfare and conservation organizations, Members of the EU Parliament and conservation experts from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya are calling for a ban on the import of hunting trophies into the EU. In a...
I welcome the joint initiative by Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands to ban long live animal transports by road and water! Such live transports are cruel to animals. As we have unfortunately seen time and time again, most transports do not even meet the minimum standards for the prevention of animal...
I welcome the joint initiative of Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands to ban long transports of live animals by road and water! Such live transports are cruelty to animals. Unfortunately, as we have seen time and again, most transports do not even meet the minimum...
Brussels 28 June 2021 - The Commission is today discussing the design and approval of the Horizon Europe Mission on Soil Health and Food, which is at risk of being underfunded or not funded at all for the 2021-2022 work program. With their letter, the...