News - Manuela Ripa

01 Feb MdEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) nimmt teil bei der offiziellen Vorstellung der Errichtung des Halbleiter-Werks des US-Konzerns Wolfspeed im Saarland

Ripa: „Europäische Eigenständigkeit bei Halbleitern 'Made im Saarland'!" (Ensdorf, 01.02.2023) Gemeinsam mit dem deutschen Automobilzulieferer ZF stellt der US-Konzern Wolfspeed heute seine Pläne zum Bau der weltweit größten Fabrik für die Herstellung von Halbleitern aus Siliziumkarbid vor. Die Fabrik soll auf einem alten Kraftwerksgelände errichtet...

22 Dec MEP Manuela Ripa on the conclusion of the UN World Conference on Nature COP 15 in Montreal

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Ripa: "No habitat must be lost!" (Brussels/22.12.2022) On Monday, the UN World Conference on Nature in Montreal came to its end with the adoption of a final declaration. On this occasion, some important decisions on measures for the protection of species were made. For example, at...

21 Dec MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) on the agreement on the EU climate protection package

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Ripa: "The agreement will restore the EU climate protection policy - with aggravated and expanded emissions trading and the introduction of a CO2 limit compensation mechanism, new standards will be set worldwide" (Brussels/12/21/2022) On Sunday morning, the European Parliament, the Council, and the European Commission reached...

15 Dec MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) on the vote in the European Parliament on an increase in the use of renewable energy

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Ripa: "Climate protection and nature conservation must not play off against each other!" (Strasbourg/15.12.2022) The European Parliament has voted on amendments to the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) as part of the RePowerEU package to enable the accelerated expansion of renewable energy (RE). The urgency contains many...

14 Dec MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) on the corruption scandal in the European Parliament

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Ripa: "We have to intensify our efforts to fight corruption urgently" (Brussels/14.12.2022) Following the exposure of the corruption scandal in the European Parliament and the arrest of Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili, Manuela Ripa, Member of the European Parliament for the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP), is...

13 Dec MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) on the end of the negotiations with the EU Commission and Council for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

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Ripa: "CO2 content is becoming the new currency in world trade!” (Strasbourg, 13.12.2022) As part of the EU’s major climate protection package "Fit for 55", another central element has been adopted. With the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), the European Parliament and the member states are...

30 Nov MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) on the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)

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Ripa: "Investment protection is prioritized over climate protection" (Brussels/29.11.2022) Germany should urgently implement its announcement and withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), demands Manuela Ripa, MEP of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP). For far too long, she said, Germans have been losing time and have...

29 Nov Bundestag must reject CETA

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ÖDP does not accept parallel justice for profit (Brussels, 29/11/2022) Are corporations allowed to sue Germany in the future because they lose profit when the state protects the population and nature? The German Bundestag will decide this Thursday (01.12.). Five years ago, the CETA free trade...

26 Nov MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) on the European Parliament resolution on wildlife trade

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Ripa: "Mandatory introduction of a positive list is necessary" (Strasbourg/26.11.2022) In a resolution adopted by the European Parliament with a large majority, the EU Commission is invoked to sustainably improve EU regulations for wild and exotic animals kept as pets in the EU. The core part...

25 Nov Ripa: “Violence against women and domestic violence are widespread and affect an estimated one in three women in the EU!”

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(Brussels, 25/11/2022) In March of this year, the European Commission published its proposal to introduce EU-wide rules to combat violence against women and domestic violence. This proposal intends to criminalize certain forms of violence in which women are disproportionately affected, to be criminalized. These include...