On this page, you will find the latest news, speeches, and talks.
(With a few exceptions, most of them are written in German.)
I welcome the joint initiative of Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands to ban long transports of live animals by road and water! Such live transports are cruelty to animals. Unfortunately, as we have seen time and again, most transports do not even meet the minimum...
Brussels, 28 June 2021 – The Commission is today (Monday) discussing the design and approval of the Horizon Europe mission for soil health and food, which is at risk of not being funded or underfunded for the 2021-2022 work programme. With their letter, MEPs Ripa,...
Brussels, 24 June 2021 – The EU Parliament voted today on the EU climate law. Although the law in this form does not listen to the Council and the warnings of the scientific community, it was adopted by a majority. Manuela Ripa, MEP of the...
Strasbourg, 08.06.2021 – The European Parliament has adopted the Environment Committee's report on the "EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030: putting nature back into our lives". In doing so, it reaffirms and complements the objectives to protect and restore biodiversity as set out in the Commission's strategy...
How can free trade develop into fair trade? I was happy to discuss this with Eurogroup for Animals in their Animals Europe Podcast:After the EU and India confirmed they will restart trade negotiations, we discuss how the European Union’s trade agreements can impact animals around...
Brussels, 28. April 2021 – Healthy soils are, quite literally, the basis for the functioning of our ecosystems, our food, a stable climate and, in short, our very existence. Therefore, healthy soils are an essential component in reaching the objectives of the EU Green Deal...
This article is unfortunately only available in German.Brüssel, 22. April 2021 – Kurz nachdem die EU Kommission den illegalen Handel mit Haustieren in ihre Strategie zur Bekämpfung der organisierten Kriminalität mit aufgenommen hat, trat gestern das neue Tiergesundheitsgesetz (Animal Health Law) in Kraft. „Das neue...
This article is unfortunately only available in German. Brüssel, 17. April 2021 – Die EU Kommission hat den illegalen Handel mit Haustieren in ihre neue 5-Jahres-Strategie zur Bekämpfung der organisierten Kriminalität mit aufgenommen. In dieser Strategie geht es vor allem darum, die Strafverfolgung und die justizielle...
Brussels, April 16th, 2021 – In a two-days session, the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI Committee) voted on the Motion for a Resolution on Soil Protection in Europe. Manuela Ripa, the shadow rapporteur responsible for the file in...
Animal welfare and human health go hand in hand, writes Manuela Ripa in her article for the latest issue of The Parliament Magazine.Which aspects of animal welfare does the EU still have to improve? And what solutions do we have at hand, not only to...