East Midlands Conservative MEPs Emma McClarkin and Roger Helmer have today welcomed a vote in the European Parliament that will save EU taxpayers 15 Million Euros and save the environment from 1600 tonnes of needless carbon dioxide. Proposals put forward by the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group to cut down on the number of …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin has today welcomed the news that the practice of wasteful discarding of fish will be brought to an end. Earlier this year, Emma backed TV Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s campaign to prevent over 1 million tonnes of fish being dumped in the North Sea each year, which brought the issue …Continue Reading

East Midlands MEP Emma McClarkin has described this week’s EU Court ruling on insurance premiums as ‘a setback for common sense’. The European Court of Justice has upheld the opinion of its top adviser and said that singling out women for preferential treatment contravenes Article 8 of the EU Treaty. The ruling will see insurance …Continue Reading

East Midlands Conservative MEP Emma McClarkin joined forces with MPs from around the East Midlands this week as she went into training at the National Defence Academy in Shrivenham. The three day training exercise at the National Defence Academy was organised by the Armed Forces Parliamentary Scheme (AFPS), and saw the East Midlands politician receive …Continue Reading

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that British football fans can continue to enjoy major international tournaments on free-to-air television, in another landmark case on football broadcast rights. The Court has rejected a complaint from FIFA and UEFA regarding a decision of the European Commission to approve the UK’s reservation of broadcasting rights …Continue Reading