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(With a few exceptions, most of them are written in German.)

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...

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...