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: "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...

(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...

Ripa: "Fairy tales about a 'bad wolf' are absolutely inappropriate" (Strasbourg/24.11.2022) Today, the European Parliament voted in a resolution to ask the European Commission to address the issue of wolves. The supporters of the resolution are concerned with the suspension of the Habitats Directive for the...