East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has today condemned as a ‘federalist stitch-up’ Jean-Claude Juncker’s likely accession to President of the European Commission later this month. Miss McClarkin made the comments in advance of the vote by MEPs on 14 July which will likely confirm Mr Juncker as the next President of the European Commission. …Continue Reading

Thank you to all those who helped this campaign. My fellow candidates, our fantastic regional team but especially those who believed in us and voted Conservative. I am honoured to have been re-elected to serve the people of the East Midlands along with my colleague Andrew Lewer. I know he will work hard and be …Continue Reading

Local Conservative politicians Andrew Bingham, MP for the High Peak, Emma McClarkin, Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands, and Andrew Lewer, former leader of Derbyshire County Council, visited Tunstead Quarry near Buxton recently to hear about the challenges facing the industry. They were invited by Dwight DeMorais from Lafarge Tarmac, who operate …Continue Reading

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