https://manuela-ripa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_8004_MOV_V1.mp4 Neben meinen Büros in Brüssel und Straßburg steht mir auch ein Büro im Deutschen Bundestag zu – und genau das schaue ich mir an! 🏛️ So können wir als Ökologische Demokraten noch präsenter in Berlin vertreten sein. Direkt vor Ort können wir nun unsere politischen...
One day after the Bundestag elections with a historic voter turnout, I am shocked as an ecological democrat by the high proportion of right-wing populists in the election result.we must now stand together as democrats, i.e. make compromises, protect the rule of law, preserve democracy and do the right thing. ...
ÖDP demands consistent implementation of European air pollution control measures (Würzburg/Berlin) - "Air pollutants are hazardous to health," says Manuela Ripa, Member of the European Parliament for the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP). In the last few days in particular, worryingly high levels of pollutants have been measured over Saarland, but also over Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony. Here, the MEP of the...
https://manuela-ripa.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Cult2_V1.mp4 Heute streiken Teile des Lehrpersonals an den Europäischen Schulen, um auf die bestehenden Missstände aufmerksam zu machen. Als Schattenberichterstatterin für die Europäischen Schulen habe ich meine Solidarität mit den Lehrkräften zum Ausdruck gebracht. Es besteht dringender Handlungsbedarf.Daher habe ich in der heutigen Sitzung des Kulturausschusses...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is on an unstoppable global advance and is on everyone's lips. We are experiencing great progress, but this raises questions that affect us all. 📱💻 At the AI Action Summit in Paris, huge investments worth billions were announced to boost Europe's competitiveness in the field of...
Across Europe, many animal shelters are in a desperate situation, and the situation in Germany is particularly worrying: animal shelters here are overcrowded and, according to estimates by the German Animal Welfare Association, there is a lack of funding in the hundreds of millions. Found animals are particularly affected, with the number of...
Today, the European Parliament held a debate on the free trade agreement between the EU and the Mercosur countries - an agreement at the expense of the environment, agriculture and social standards. It promotes trade in beef, pesticides and cars, while the destruction of rainforests, loss of biodiversity and unfair competition for...
Update! We had reported that the EU Commission had withdrawn the proposal to abolish the time change in the draft 2025 work program - but there was a last-minute change in the final version of the work program. The proposal to abolish the time changeover has not been withdrawn, but is still on the...
Within the framework of the EU Dogs & Cats Act, as rapporteur in the Environment Committee (ENVI), I am campaigning against the illegal trade in dogs and cats in the EU. Online platforms in particular have become the most important channels for...
The latest EU report is alarming: biodiversity is dwindling rapidly, our soils are damaged and resource consumption is still far too high - as if there were a second planet in reserve. 61% of soils are already considered "unhealthy" and for almost half of the...