On this page, you will find the latest news, speeches, and talks.
(With a few exceptions, most of them are written in German.)
Ripa: "Climate protection and nature conservation must not play 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 energy (RE). The urgency contains many...
Manuela Ripa was a guest on the NRW.tv talk show in December. Under the title "The Conflict of Generations - From Analog to Digital", she discussed issues of digitalization with other experts, including from the AI industry and TikTok Content Marketing, at the European Parliament in Brussels.
Ripa: "Fight against corruption must be intensified urgently" (Brussels/14.12.2022) Following the exposure of the corruption scandal in the European Parliament and the arrest of Parliament Vice-President Eva Kaili, Manuela Ripa, Member of the European Parliament for the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP), is urgently calling for comprehensive reforms. The MEP sees the reputation of the entire...
Ripa: "We have to intensify our efforts to fight corruption urgently" (Brussels/14.12.2022) Following the exposure of the corruption scandal in the European Parliament and the arrest of Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili, Manuela Ripa, Member of the European Parliament for the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP), is...
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: "CO2 content will become the new currency in global trade!" (Strasbourg, 13.12.2022) Another key element has been adopted as part of the major climate protection package "Fit for 55". With the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the European Parliament and the member states are making the CO2 content of products on the global market the central...
Ripa: "Keep Saarland industrial products competitive and protect jobs" (Homburg/02.12.2022) - Today, Saarland MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) visited the ThyssenKrupp Gerlach plant in Homburg. The Homburg plant is currently concerned about the EU negotiations on the CO2 border adjustment mechanism. The steel processing industry is currently excluded from the scope of the proposal...
Ripa: "Investment protection is preferred to climate protection" (Brussels/29.11.2022) Germany should quickly make good on its announcement and withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), demands Manuela Ripa, MEP of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP). For far too long, Germany has been lazing around and has not followed the example of other countries such as France, which have...
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...
