On this page, you will find the latest news, speeches, and talks.
(With a few exceptions, most of them are written in German.)
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...
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...
Some people are systematically excluded from any political representation. An unjust situation that needs to be changed. By Lorena López de Lacalle, EFA President and Manuela Ripa, MEP All European citizens are equal. That is the fundamental principle of European democracy. But when it comes to representing their political interests...
No EU funding for animal suffering! My protest continues: the Spanish large-scale fishery NuevaPescanova still wants to build a highly problematic octopus farm on the Canary Islands - with EU funding! On the Spanish islands, one million animals a year are to be crammed into the smallest, permanently illuminated space in industrial factory farming. This...
'International Press Freedom Day Freedom of the press is of crucial importance for a lively, diverse and democratic formation of opinion and everyone has the right to freedom of expression. Although we in Germany often take freedom of expression and freedom of the press for granted, it must be actively defended time and again. It must be ensured...
Wasting resources must stop! Instead, a circular economy & responsible, sustainable use of our natural resources! If the world consumed its ecological resources like Germany, the planet's limits would already be reached today - under these conditions, we would need three earths that we don't have! Earth Overshoot Day will...
Yes to fewer pesticides and more nature conservation! Fewer pesticides endanger food production? Exactly the other way around! 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, it is about halving...
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...
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...
Mega-authorization of chromium trioxide repealed! Hooray - after more than four years, we in the European Parliament have finally won the battle against the mega-authorization of chromium trioxide under REACH! This means that a highly toxic substance has finally been taken off the market and another important step towards greater consumer protection has been taken! Since...