East Midlands’ Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has questioned the decision of the European Parliament to set up a ‘guarantee’ fund for passengers who find themselves out of pocket following an airline bankruptcy. The risk attached to this EU fund for the victims of airline bankruptcy is that any costs will simply be transferred to passengers …Continue Reading

Conservative MEPs with their European colleagues in the European Conservatives group (ECR) in the European parliament have come up with a novel way to respond to comments about “faceless politicians in Brussels”.  All 54 of their faces are now featured on a new pack of playing cards.   Recently-elected East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin appears as the …Continue Reading

Emma McClarkin, Conservative MEP for the East Midlands, believes that most EU governments are holding European taxpayers in contempt for failing to properly account for millions of their money. Miss McClarkin supports the Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament Timothy Kirkhope’s demand for the European Commission to ‘name and shame’ those countries failing …Continue Reading

Emma McClarkin, Conservative MEP for the East Midlands, is elated after the Leicester Tigers’ victory against South Africa. Miss McClarkin is a keen rugby follower and captained the Parliament’s Touch Rugby team in Westminster before being elected as an MEP. At that time she was employed as the Government Relations Executive for the Rugby Football …Continue Reading

Emma McClarkin MEP has raised funds for the British Legion by distributing poppies to MEPs and Parliament staff who wished to commemorate Remembrance Day.
 The East Midlands’ Conservative MEP was approached by Mike Brown, the Poppy Appeal Coordinator for the British Legion in Brussels Area, to participate in their annual appeal and was delighted that …Continue Reading