Uncategorized Archives - Manuela Ripa

28 Feb. Strong negotiation mandate for the European Parliament on the reform of detergents and cleaning products: Manuela Ripa MEP: "An important milestone on the path to sustainable products."

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The Members of the European Parliament have accepted, with an overwhelming majority, the proposed reform of the detergent and cleaning products regulation. This equips the European Parliament with a strong mandate for the upcoming negotiations with the member states and the European Commission.Chief negotiator Manuela...

16 Oct. It's done! My Report on the Detergents Regulation is complete

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It's done! As the European Parliament's chief negotiator, I have submitted my report on the revision of the rules on detergents and cleaning products. I was particularly keen to make these products, which we use every day, more sustainable and environmentally friendly and to ensure greater health...

05 Oct. MEP Manuela Ripa - Rapporteur for the Detergents Regulation

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Detergents and cleaning agents are part of our everyday lives. We use them every day! That's why we need to ensure that they are safer for our health and better for our environment! As rapporteur and therefore as the European Parliament's main representative for the revision...

04 Sep. Glyphosate Ban: We need your help!

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The European Commission and the EU Member States are currently in the process of deciding to extend the approval of glyphosate for a further 15 years behind closed doors. We have to prevent that! Glyphosate is a pesticide for weed destruction that has a devastating effect on...

17 May Beyond Growth Conference 2023 - "From Anthropocene to Cyclocene - Will circular economy keep us within planetary boundaries?"

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What a day! The Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) was founded 41 years ago with the guiding principle of having an economic system without growth constraints that has the well-being of people and the preservation of the ecological foundations of life as its goal. According to the...

17 May Bremen election on Sunday

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On Sunday (14.05.2023) there will be an election in Bremen! The ödp-Bremen is committed to a healthy environment, real participation and social security with a future. Here are the ÖDP's concrete demands: Expansion and flexibilization of public transport services, especially at night and outside the city's core zones, to ensure environmentally friendly mobility and...

10 May Moving beyond growth is not only desirable, it is essential

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Next week, more than four thousand people will participate onsite and online to the Beyond Growth 2023 Conference, a cross-political initiative taking place at the European Parliament in Brussels that we, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) from five different political groups and non-attached, are organizing together, alongside more...

10 May Democracy without limits: no more undemocratic thresholds in Europe

Posted at 12:36h in English, Uncategorized

Some people are systematically excluded from any political representation, an unfair situation that must be addressed By Lorena López de Lacalle, EFA President and Manuela Ripa, MEP. All European citizens are equal. That is the basic principle of European democracy. Nevertheless, when it comes to their political representation, some citizens...

08 May YES to fewer pesticides and more nature conservation!

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VP leader Manfred Weber wants to commit the European People's Party (EPP) to rejecting the pesticide regulation being discussed in the European Parliament at its party conference in Munich today. Among other things, the regulation aims to halve the use of pesticides in European agriculture by 2030. "The fact that Markus Söder...

05 May European Parliament votes in favor of regulation on deforestation-free products: The EU is finally taking responsibility for the supply chains of coffee, cocoa & co.

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It is not said for nothing that forests are the green lungs of our planet. The destruction of one of the natural foundations of our lives must finally stop! That is why I am hopeful that in this plenary session in Strasbourg we are sending out a clear signal against EU-driven deforestation policies by voting YES to the regulation on deforestation-free...