On this page, you will find the latest news, speeches, and talks.
(With a few exceptions, most of them are written in German.)
MEP Ripa (ÖDP) calls for a shift of the burden of proof (Brussels, 21/09/2022) The European Commission has announced that products manufactured using forced labor are no longer to be sold in the EU in the future. The focus is particularly on China, where there have...
Ripa: "The ideas are good, but many important issues remain ignored" (Strasbourg, 14/09/2022) Today, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the European Union speech to the European Parliament. In the beginning, she welcomed the Ukrainian President's wife...
Ripa: "EU bears great responsibility in global deforestation" (Strasbourg/13.09.2022) Today, the European Parliament adopted by a large majority the Regulation against deforestation and forest degradation. This means that a legal framework is now in place to ensure that raw materials and products sold in the EU...
Ripa: "Climate change is putting additional pressure on our soils" (Brussels/02.09.2022) This week's report by the German Weather Service that the summer of 2022 in Germany was the sixth driest since the introduction of weather records has highlighted the dramatically poor state of our soils, according...
Ripa: "It is the last moment to save our world" (Brussels, 31/08/2022) The MEP Manuela Ripa of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) sees the new report of the Club of Rome as an opportunity to call for a radical shift in environmental, economic, and social policy....
(Saarbrücken/25.08.2022) MEP Manuela Ripa of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) is concerned about reports of overcrowded animal shelters and the suffering they cause to animals. Apparently, many people have decided to get a pet during the pandemic, but they are now overwhelmed with care for...
MEP Manuela Ripa criticizes the key points paper by Cem Özdemir (Brussels, 11.07.2022) "For years, me and my party, the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP), have been calling for the introduction of a mandatory animal welfare label that would include a photo with the representation of the husbandry...
"Both CETA and Energy Charter Treaty are climate killers!" (Brussels/08.07.2022) After years of campaigning by environmental associations and political parties such as the ÖDP, the fight against the planned Free trade agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA) unfortunately appears to be lost. Bündnis 90/Die Grünen...
"The European Parliament became complicit in greenwashing today" Strasbourg, 06.07.2022 - The European Parliament in Strasbourg voted today with a narrow majority in favour of the delegated act of the EU Commission, which will grant investments in gas and nuclear power a sustainability label. Until the...
"The European Parliament introduces a new instrument for global climate protection with a CO2 border adjustment tax.” Brussels, 22.06.2022 - Today in Brussels, the European Parliament voted in a second attempt on three core proposals of the EU climate package "Fit for 55" - the EU...