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Glenis Willmott MEP

I am the Labour Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands and Labour's Leader in Europe.

My website is one of the ways in which I keep in touch with constituents. If I can help you with a European problem, or if you want to contact me about policy or for information, please do get in touch.

 

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  • February 2010
    The European Parliament has finally voted in the new European Commission. The Bulgarian Commissioner-designate who stood down was replaced by a much more suitable candidate, who performed well in her...
  • January 2010
    My latest e-bulletin is below with news of the hearings for the new EU Commissioners. There is more information on my blog. January 2010...
  • December 2009
    Read my final newsletter for 2009 below. Very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year....
  • November 2009
    I very much welcome Cathy Ashton as the new EU foreign affairs chief. She has built herself a great reputation in Brussels in quite a shortperiod of time. Also...
  • October 2009
    You can read my latest newsletter below. The work is gearing up again in Brussels - you can keep up to date with what is happening on my blog. It...
  • September 2009
    This month a short report on some of the changes in Brussels following the European elections in June....
  • July 2009
    The European Parliament has reassembled after the elections of June 4th. This month's newsletter includes - Back to work in Brussels, action on cancer, Tories choose isolation. Read more below....
  • April 2009
    This month sees a whole range of Labour measures coming into effect which are worth highlighting: A rise in the basic state pension, maternity pay, paternity pay and sick pay...
  • March 2009
    This month's newsletter includes: Young women at risk; Cameron’s Tories in splendid isolation; Safer, Greener cars; Cutting the cost of texting; Ending the seal hunt. For the full newsletter, click...
  • February 2009
    Boost for maternity leave The European Parliament’s Committee on gender equality has backed proposals to increase minimum maternity leave from 14 to 18 weeks across the EU and recommendations that...
  • January 2009
    New challenges You have probably all heard the news that I have been elected as the leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party. It is a great honour and privilege...
  • December 2008
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT Climate change success MEPs were determined to push through the EU climate change package before the end of the year. It has not been easy...
  • November 2008
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT Grounds for optimism The latest news about rising unemployment in the UK is very worrying. I understand that people are fearful about what the downturn might...
  • October 2008
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT Super Tuesday for climate change On Tuesday 7th October the Environment Committee of the European Parliament decisively endorsed an ambitious package of new climate change...
  • September 2008
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT Together for Health On the back of my successful report on Health and Safety at Work, I have been working on the European Parliament's input...
  • July 2008
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT The biofuels controversy Earlier this year, targets were proposed which would see the EU as a whole reduce its carbon emissions unilaterally by at least...
  • June 2008
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT Action on ‘Transplant Tourism’ In recent weeks I have been working on EU proposals to improve organ donation and transplant across the EU. I...
  • May 2008
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT The Climate Change Challenge I make no apology for returning to the subject of Climate Change. The implications become daily more apparent and the consequences...
  • April 2008
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT Traffic lights on go? Healthy eating is very much in the forefront of the fight against rising levels of obesity. To help us make...
  • March 2008
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT The campaign starts here The next European elections will be in June 2009. I am delighted to have the chance to carry on...
  • February 2008
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT Energy for the Future We are all concerned about climate change. Many of us feel frustrated by the lack of urgency shown by some countries...
  • January 2008
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT Safeguarding all workers; I am delighted that my Health and Safety Report has been successfully adopted by the European Parliament in the Strasbourg session this month....
  • November 2007
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT The Campaign against Cervical Cancer A vaccination programme to combat the virus which causes most cases of cervical cancer is to be introduced for young...
  • October 2007
    NEWS FROM GLENIS WILLMOTT Action on climate change - cutting emissions Emissions from aviation are increasing fast, more than in any other sector. This is undermining our progress...
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