On this page, you will find the latest news, speeches, and talks.
(With a few exceptions, most of them are written in German.)
Ripa: "We need much stricter sanctions against corrupt MEPs" (Strasbourg/18.01.2023) Today, the European Parliament elected a new Vice-President of the European Parliament. Luxembourg MEP Marc Angel from the S&D Group succeeds Greek MEP Eva Kaili, who was dismissed in December on suspicion of corruption by...
Ripa: "Europe must finally take responsibility for its own mountains of waste!" (Strasbourg/17.01.2023) In a vote on waste exports, the European Parliament today voted in Strasbourg to stop exporting plastic waste in the near future and to only export remaining waste materials to third countries in strictly controlled quantities. The European Parliament has thus voted in favor of a...
MEP Manuela Ripa took part in an Attac Saar event in December on the topic of packaging waste and, in particular, how to avoid it. As part of Attac Saar's "Boycott Qatar 2022" series of events, a "Kaffeeklatsch Europa" was held on the 3rd Sunday in Advent at the Haus der...
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...
MEP Manuela Ripa visited the President of the Saarland State Parliament in December. After an interesting exchange on current topics, she also signed the state parliament's Golden Book. Further information can be found in the Instagram post of the Saarland State Parliament: ...
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...
MEP Manuela Ripa welcomed two groups of pupils from the Saarland as visitors to the European Parliament in Strasbourg in December. On Tuesday of the plenary week, the 12th grade politics course at Von-der-Leyen-Gymnasium Blieskastels took a closer look at the EU and talked to Ripa about European politics,...
Ripa: "No habitat must be lost!" (Brussels/20.12.2022) On Monday, the UN World Conference on Nature in Montreal came to an end with the adoption of a final declaration. In it, important measures for species conservation were adopted. For example, at least 30 percent of the world's land and sea areas are to be placed under protection by 2030....
Ripa: "The agreement will reorient EU climate protection policy - new global standards will be set with stricter and expanded emissions trading and the introduction of a CO2 border adjustment mechanism" (Brussels/19.12.2022) On Sunday morning, the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission reached an agreement on the revision of the European Emissions Trading System (ETS)...
Ripa "Don't play climate protection and nature conservation 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 energies (RE). The emergency regulation contains many good and important elements to protect the climate and...