News

On this page, you will find the latest news, speeches, and talks.

(With a few exceptions, most of them are written in German.)

Ripa: "The EU is passing the world's largest legislative package towards climate neutrality." (Strasbourg, 18.04.2023) The European Parliament today adopted the final negotiating outcome between Parliament, Commission, and Council for important parts of the EU climate protection package "Fit for 55". The legislative package, the largest...

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...

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...

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...

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...