Proposed legislation to allow key professional qualifications to be recognised across Europe will be more effective and less interfering thanks to the contribution of East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin. Miss McClarkin wrote her own influential report on portable qualifications in 2011 and has been a key player in negotiations over subsequent EU legislation as …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has welcomed today’s speech by the Prime Minister, hailing it a big move forward. Responding to the speech, she said: “In his speech this morning, I think the Prime Minister has set out a positive, practical and deliverable agenda for a more flexible and outward-looking EU. The EU needs …Continue Reading

Protectionist measures by South American countries such as Argentina were condemned in the European Parliament by Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin. The East Midlands MEP intervened during a debate on the progress of an EU trade agreement with the Mercosur bloc to highlight discrimination against British companies because of tension over the Falkland Islands. Miss McClarkin …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has this week given her backing to the Fresh Start Project and the work of fellow East Midlanders Andrea Leadsom MP (South Northamptonshire) and Chris Heaton-Harris MP (Daventry). The Fresh Start Project was formed by MPs to research and propose a new relationship for the UK within the EU, …Continue Reading

A raft of Socialist proposals which would make it much harder for companies to restructure their operations in difficult times was adopted by the European Parliament yesterday (Tues) in the face of resolute opposition from East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin and other Conservative MEPs. The report from the parliament’s Employment Committee recommends new rules which …Continue Reading