On this page, you will find the latest news, speeches, and talks.
(With a few exceptions, most of them are written in German.)
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 for global deforestation" (Strasbourg/13.09.2022) Today, the European Parliament adopted a regulation against deforestation and forest degradation by a large majority. This means that a legal framework is now in place to ensure that raw materials and products sold in the EU are not linked to deforestation and...
Ripa: "Brownfield sites are attractive for business relocations" (Saarbücken/12.09.2022) The Chinese battery manufacturer SVolt has announced that it is postponing its plans to build a factory for electric car batteries on the Linslerfeld site in Überherrn, Saarland, by several years. Battery production is now scheduled to start in 2027/2028. Until now, SVolt had assumed...
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 announcement by the German Weather Service that the summer of 2022 in Germany was the sixth driest since weather records began is an opportunity for MEP Manuela Ripa of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) to draw attention to the dramatically...
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 to...
Ripa: "The clock has already reached five past twelve for our world" Manuela Ripa, MEP of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP), takes the new Club of Rome report as an opportunity to call for a radical turnaround in environmental, economic and social policy. The authors of the study...
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) Manuela Ripa MEP from the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP) is concerned about reports of overcrowded animal shelters and the associated suffering for animals. Apparently, many people have acquired a pet during the pandemic and are now overwhelmed with caring for it. Also...
(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...