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(With a few exceptions, most of them are written in German.)
The Saarland People's Initiative against Land Consumption (VIF) points to the extremely undemocratic attitude of the state government and the Saarland state parliament with regard to the current status of the signature collection. The VIF had approached the Saarland state parliament with a request to extend the deadline and/or reduce the quorum, as...
Brussels, 03.01.2022. The EU Commission has announced that both nuclear energy and fossil gas will be included in the so-called EU taxonomy. The taxonomy provides necessary guidelines for sustainable and future-oriented investments in the economic transformation of Europe. With the decision now taken, both nuclear...
The New Year is a good occasion to reflect on the end of the anthropocene and the beginning of a new era. In this article on NEWEUROPE I explain why we have to enter the cyclocene: https://www.neweurope.eu/article/can-2022-mark-the-end-of-the-anthropocene/...
The new year is a good opportunity to reflect on the end of the Anthropocene and the beginning of a new era. In this article on NEWEUROPE, I explain why we need to enter the Cyclocene: https://www.neweurope.eu/article/can-2022-mark-the-end-of-the-anthropocene/...
Brussels, 03.01.2022. The EU Commission has announced that both nuclear energy and fossil gas will be included in the so-called EU taxonomy. The taxonomy provides guidelines for the necessary sustainable and future-oriented investments in the economic transformation of Europe. With the decision that has now been taken, both nuclear energy and fossil...
Brussels, 20.12.21. In recent decades, environmental crime has become the fourth largest criminal sector in the world and is as profitable as drug trafficking. To finally tackle this problem, the European Commission last week presented the long-awaited proposal for a new directive on environmental crime.
Strasbourg, 15.12.21. "With the Digital Markets Bill, the EU can become a global leader in digital consumer protection when it comes to regulating tech giants like Meta/Facebook and Google," said MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP). In the digital law, the Parliament calls for more solid provisions for...
Strasbourg, 15.12.21. "With the Digital Markets Act, the EU can become a global pioneer in the regulation of tech giants such as Meta/Facebook and Google," said MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP). In the digital law, the Parliament calls for more robust provisions for interoperability: "To regulate the power of the tech giants...
Brussels, 15.12.21. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) has warned against an "either/or" approach to the expansion of wind power in view of the plans of the traffic light coalition in Berlin. "Climate and species protection must not be opposites. What the newly appointed Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection is planning with regard to approval procedures is not expedient", emphasizes the...
Brussels, 13.12.21. Manuela Ripa, MEP of the Ecological Democratic Party (ÖDP), has called for a reduction in VAT on climate and health-friendly goods. The background to this is the agreement of the EU member states to make the structure of VAT more flexible from 2022. "I welcome the idea of a VAT reduction for certain products...