A piece of EU reform which set out to tackle red tape was hijacked in Strasbourg this week and turned into a blueprint to extend the nanny state. Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin was deeply critical of Labour MEPs for pushing measures which, instead of simplifying and rationalising the EU’s laws on General Product Safety, would …Continue Reading

Conservative MEPs, including East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin, have scored a major success by staving off plans to impose EU-wide fees on inspections related to the food supply chain. The proposals, tagged onto legislation to improve monitoring of the food chain following the horse-meat scandal, would have introduced compulsory fees. A study predicted the measure would …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has this week continued her campaign against the Strasbourg ‘travelling circus’, by signing a pledge to fight for a single seat for the European Parliament. Most of the European Parliament’s work is done at its huge complex of offices and debating chambers in Brussels, but once a month 754 …Continue Reading

As part of her efforts to support entrepreneurs in the East Midlands and across the UK, Emma McClarkin MEP has this week supported a proposal to name 2017 the ‘European Year for Entrepreneurship’. The East Midlands Conservative MEP has constantly stood up for small businesses and entrepreneurs in her five years as an MEP, and …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin today visited the Ashbourne and District 50+ Forum to talk about her work in the European Parliament. The Ashbourne and District 50+ Forum gives a platform to local issues and to help influence agencies and organisations who provide services mainly for the 50+ Community. Miss McClarkin talked to them …Continue Reading