On this page, you will find the latest news, speeches, and talks.
(With a few exceptions, most of them are written in German.)
Brussels, 24.11.2021. On the occasion of the vote on the "European Strategy for Critical Raw Materials", MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) stressed the importance of circular economy and sustainability in the value chain. She criticised the attitude of most political groups in the European Parliament, which...
Brussels, 23.11.21. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) has strongly criticised the Common European Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the light of today's vote in Parliament. Ripa had voted against it because of insufficient measures to protect our soils, biodiversity and climate. The CAP concerns one of the most...
Dear Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Kyriakides, The EU ban on the routine use of antimicrobials in animal production comes into force in January 2022. However, many Member States and EU producers might not be ready to implement the ban. Therefore, a widespread non-compliance could occur...
Brussels, 18.11.21. On the occasion of today's World Antibiotics Day, MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) pointed out the urgency of the correct implementation of the upcoming ban in industrial livestock farming. Ripa and 16 other MEPs addressed a letter to the EU Commissioner for Health and...
Brussels, 18.11.2021. For a long time, the European Parliament has been fighting for it: an EU-wide legislative proposal on soil protection. Now the European Commission has announced that it will finally present a legislative proposal for the protection of EU soils by 2023. Manuela Ripa, Greens/EFA...
Brussels, 16 November 2021. This weekend, the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 came to an end with a series of announcements. "The outcome is sobering. The announced plans will not be enough to limit global warming to the necessary 1.5 °C. Climate protection is coming...
Strasbourg, 21.10.2021. The European Parliament has adopted the report for the EU strategy to reduce methane emissions. Manuela Ripa (ÖDP): "If we want to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, we have to reduce methane emissions in the EU immediately and significantly! Industrial livestock farming...
Strasbourg, 20.10.2021. After weeks of siege by aggressive lobbying, the European Parliament in Strasbourg voted in favour of the ambitious Farm-to-Fork strategy. MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP): "Finally, the course is being set for the necessary transformation of agriculture and for a sustainable, fair food system....
EU Parliament votes on report on the situation of artists and the EU's cultural recovery Strasbourg, 19.10.2021. Poor artists have always existed – Mozart, Vivaldi, Kafka, they all died poor. How precarious the situation really is for many artists and cultural operators only became really clear...
Brussels, 12.10.2021. The Environment Committee of the EU Parliament today adopted by a majority the report "on the implementation of animal welfare on farms". As shadow rapporteur for the Greens/EFA group, MEP Manuela Ripa (ÖDP) is pleased with her hard-won success: "With our amendments, my...