If there was an
apprenticeship scheme to be an MEP then I’ve spent the last 4 years on it. In
2015 I was appointed to the EU Committee of the Regions as part of the UK’s
delegation of 24 local and regionally elected representatives. It has 350 representatives from the EU’s 28
member states and provides opinions on how EU policy impacts at the local levels.
It considers many of the same issues as the European Parliament. I have directly
influenced EU policy and successfully proposed that support be provided to EU
states to achieve EU Climate Change targets
I was an active member of
the EU Delegation to the last 4 UN Climate Talks. I proposed a new concept to
address climate change by empowering Local and Regional Authorities to set
their own targets with plans to achieve them. This was supported by the
European Parliament and the body representing Local and Regional Government
around the world. Though the UN did not accept the proposal, agreement was
reached on National Governments having to consult with Local Government on
their plans.
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| At the Peoples Vote march |
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| Talking Brexit with Barnier |
I’ve
been a Green Party Councillor on Kirklees Council for 20 years and have been
elected and re-elected 6 times. In my time as a Kirklees Councillor we have
used our influence to initiate a £21 million scheme offering free insulation to
every household. Hundreds of council tenants have solar panels as a result of a
Green Party initiative and more recently we have passed a policy ensuring that
any Fracking Planning Application has to demonstrate how it has ‘Net Zero
impact on Climate Change’
Please support me as your
Lead Candidate in the 2019 European Elections and be clear that a Green vote is
a vote for a Peoples vote with the option of remaining in the EU.
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