Brussels, February 12, 2021 - In the February plenary week, the EU Parliament voted on two important reports for climate and sustainability: The Circular Economy Action Plan and the Regulation establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centerpiece of the overall €750 billion recovery plan "Next Generation EU". Manuela...
This article is unfortunately only available in German. Brussels, February 12, 2021 - This week, the Federal Cabinet, at the proposal of Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze, launched a law and an ordinance on insect protection and glyphosate phase-out. The combination of the Federal Environment Ministry's Insect Protection Act and the Plant Protection Application Ordinance of the...
Brussels, February 12, 2021 - This week, the Federal Cabinet has launched a law and an ordinance on insect protection and glyphosate phase-out at the proposal of Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze. The combination of the Federal Environment Ministry's Insect Protection Act and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture's Plant Protection Application Ordinance aims to phase out glyphosate by 2024.
This article is unfortunately only available in German. Brussels / Saarbrücken, February 12, 2021 - Manuela Ripa, MEP of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP), met yesterday for a virtual discussion with Reinhold Jost, Saarland Minister for the Environment and Consumer Protection, and Sebastian Thul, Saarland State Secretary for...
Brussels / Saarbrücken, February 12, 2021 - Manuela Ripa, MEP of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP), met yesterday for a virtual meeting with Reinhold Jost, Saarland Minister for the Environment and Consumer Protection, and Sebastian Thul, Saarland State Secretary for the Environment and Consumer Protection. The MEP, the Minister and...
This article is unfortunately only available in German. Ahead of today's World Cancer Day (February 4), the EU Commission has published the European Beating Cancer Plan with a clear commitment to better cancer prevention in Europe. However, this can only be the beginning: "We welcome the Commission's...
Ahead of today's World Cancer Day (February 4), the EU Commission has published the European Beating Cancer Plan with a clear commitment to better cancer prevention in Europe. However, this can only be the beginning: "We welcome the European Commission's Beating Cancer Plan to improve the quality of life of...
This article is unfortunately only available in German. A cancer diagnosis means great suffering for patients and their families, with illnesses in children being particularly tragic. The EU Commission therefore presented the European Beating Cancer Plan in 2020 with the aim of reducing the burden that...
A cancer diagnosis means great suffering for patients and their families, with illnesses in children being particularly tragic. The EU Commission therefore presented the European Beating Cancer Plan in 2020 with the aim of reducing the burden that cancer places on patients, their families and...
Call for an economy for the common good as a solution for a long-term sustainable and fair economic system The coronavirus pandemic is threatening to increase social injustice worldwide for the first time: According to a study by the development organization Oxfam, there is a risk that the world's already precarious social imbalance will continue to worsen dramatically. "The pandemic...