At a reception in Brussels to celebrate Commonwealth Day on Monday, East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin will launch her initiative for The Commonwealth Forum; a Brussels based association which allows and encourages Commonwealth nations, diplomats, individuals and institutions to come together to promote the interests of the global organisation. The aim of the forum is …Continue Reading
Archive for 2016
Nottingham Museum welcomes local MEP
7th March, 2016Notts MEP Emma McClarkin visited The Galleries of Justice Museum last Friday, where she was given a tour of the museum as she heard from the Head of Learning, Pollie Shorthouse, about the work they do to help educate young and disadvantaged people. As the youngest Conservative MEP in the European Parliament, Miss McClarkin has …Continue Reading
FIFA has elected a new President, but reform proposals are what really matter, says East Midlands MEP
26th February, 2016Emma McClarkin, Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands region and a member of the New FIFA Now campaign group, today welcomed a package of reforms passed at an extraordinary FIFA Congress in Zurich, but highlighted that completely reforming FIFA will require a lot more. Football’s world governing body also elected its first …Continue Reading
It’s time to Leave
23rd February, 2016Now with the skeletons of the renegotiated EU deal laid bare, we can see just how little is on the table. This deal unfortunately falls far short of addressing the very real concerns I and British people have with our membership of the EU. I believe the UK’s best interests for a more democratic and …Continue Reading
Notts MEP Emma McClarkin visits Sneinton Town FC
22nd February, 2016A new Football club, Sneinton Town FC, hosted a visit from local Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin last Friday, in order to look at how sport provision in this area of Nottingham can be improved. Miss McClarkin, who is the Conservative Spokesman for sport in the European Parliament, visited the current club base at the Greenway …Continue Reading