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| '''Edward McMillan-Scott''' was born in Cambridge in 1949. He is a ] for the ] and one of the ]. He was elected for the ] in the ]. |
'''Edward McMillan-Scott''' was born in Cambridge in 1949. He is a ] for the ] and one of the ]. He was elected for the ] in the ]. | ||
| ⚫ | In July 2009 he successfully stood for re-election as Vice-President of the European Parliament against the candidate imposed on the new European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group, a Polish MEP from the Law and Justice Party. The whip was then withdrawn by the leader of the the British Conservative delegation, Timothy Kirkhope. Kirkhope was also elected that day as leader of the ECR but was replaced by Kaminski the same night. McMillan-Scott is now seated as a non-attached (]) MEP in the European Parliament. He remains a member of the Conservative Party. | ||
| As a supporter of greater European Union federal integaration, McMillan-Scott was critical of the British Conservatives' plan of leaving the federalist ] grouping in the European Parliament to form a new anti-federalist parliamentary group after the ], the ] (ECR). | |||
| The ECR was created by Conservative leader David Cameron to redeem a pledge during his leadership election. Although the Conservative manifesto for the 2009 European Elections committed MEPs to the new group, it only mentioned the Czech Civic Democrats, 15 of whom were elected. Cameron travelled to Warsaw two days after the European Elections and signed up 9 Poles and added several individual MEPs to form the current complement of 55. | |||
| ⚫ | In July 2009 he successfully stood for re-election as Vice-President of the European Parliament against the |
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| McMillan-Scott signed up to the ECR and attended its inaugural meeting on June 24, at which he said he was uncomfortable, expecially if the new group had Members with links to 'extremist organisations like Poland's National Revival (NOP'. The following day, the reference to Kaminski's membership of NOP after 1989 was removed from his Misplaced Pages page. | |||
| McMillan-Scott was leader of the Conservative MEPs between 1997 and 2001. AFter the European Elections of June 1999, jointly with the then leader of the Conservative Party, he negotiated the 'Malaga Agreement' which provided for a more detached relationship between the 36 Conservative MEPs and the majority EPP-ED Group. | |||
| ==European Parliament== | ==European Parliament== | ||
| McMillan-Scott was the MEP for ] from 1984 to 1994, MEP for ] from 1994 to 1999, and MEP for ] from 1999 onwards. Before the 2009 elections, he signed the pledge to support a new anti-federalist group in the new parliament. However, after the election, in July 2009, he stood against his own group as an independent candidate for Vice-President of the parliament. As a result, the Conservative Party withdrew the whip from him. | |||
| McMillan-Scott was the MEP for ] from 1984 to 1994, MEP for ] from 1994 to 1999, and MEP for ] from 1999 onwards. | |||
| ===Roles and Responsibilities=== | ===Roles and Responsibilities=== | ||
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| ⚫ | On ] ] he was elected fourth of the 14 ]. He was re-elected a Vice-President in 2007. McMillan-Scott's responsibilities as Vice-President include relations with national EU parliaments and the ], which brings together 240 MPs from ], ] and the Middle East. | ||
| ⚫ | A relative of T E Lawrence, he was elected chairman of the European Parliament's largest-ever ] missions, 30 MEPs, to Palestine in January 2005 and January 2006 for the presidential and parliamentary elections respectively. | ||
| ===Campaigning=== | ===Campaigning=== | ||
| McMillan-Scott was the founder of the ] which was an initiative originally aimed at the transformation of the ex-Soviet bloc and which he is now directing towards the reforming ] and authoritarian countries such as China, Cuba and Russia. |
McMillan-Scott was the founder of the ] which was an initiative originally aimed at the transformation of the ex-Soviet bloc and which he is now directing towards the reforming ] and authoritarian countries such as China, Cuba and Russia. Until June 2009 he was one of two MEPs on the working group which supervised the €140M programme. | ||
| He campaigns for improved children's rights across the EU and has dealt with a number of cross-frontier ] cases. He is currently{{when}} campaigning for an EU-wide missing child alert with Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of missing ]. A majority of MEPs supported a resolution to this effect, sponsored in the summer of 2008 by McMillan-Scott. In the USA, the Department of Justice's ] has recovered 400 abducted children since 2003, 80% within the crucial first 72 hours. France has an identical system but other countries, including the UK, rely on a patchwork of volunteers and charities. | He campaigns for improved children's rights across the EU and has dealt with a number of cross-frontier ] cases. He is currently{{when}} campaigning for an EU-wide missing child alert with Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of missing ]. A majority of MEPs supported a resolution to this effect, sponsored in the summer of 2008 by McMillan-Scott. In the USA, the Department of Justice's ] has recovered 400 abducted children since 2003, 80% within the crucial first 72 hours. France has an identical system but other countries, including the UK, rely on a patchwork of volunteers and charities. | ||
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| His 'Golden Fleece' campaign against fraud and malpractice in the Costa villa and ] market won wide support. He is currently{{when}} campaigning for more secure ] in the EU's neighbourhood, as buyers move into the Balkans, Turkey and North Africa, where the legal framework is insecure. | His 'Golden Fleece' campaign against fraud and malpractice in the Costa villa and ] market won wide support. He is currently{{when}} campaigning for more secure ] in the EU's neighbourhood, as buyers move into the Balkans, Turkey and North Africa, where the legal framework is insecure. | ||
| ===Opposition to party re-grouping and expulsion=== | |||
| McMillan-Scott was opposed to ]'s decision to leave the centre-right ] group. Despite this he did sign David Cameron's pledge to join a new anti federalist group but, once elected, he attacked the group and then claimed the new ] group was "a pure political adventure" because of the membership of what he believes to be right-wing populist and extremist parties.<ref> Daily Telegraph, ]</ref> | |||
| On 14 July 2009, McMillan-Scott stood as an independent against his own group's officially nominated candidate for Vice-President of the European Parliament, ], and McMillan-Scott won. McMillan-Scott was then immediately expelled from the ECR group. Commenting after his re-election as Vice-President, McMillan-Scott, the first ever to to break the group system of nominations, stated: ''"Rather than withdrawing the whip, David Cameron should be pleased that a Tory is still at the top in Europe. ... The public want to see transparency and real democracy among their parliamentarians, in Brussels or Westminster ... Standing as an independent candidate - and for the values of democracy and human rights which I have worked through the EU to promote worldwide - I have made a start."''<ref>, EurActiv.com, 15 July 2009</ref> | |||
| After Polish ECR MEP ]'s failure to be elected as a vice-president, the Poles within the ECR Group were angered that the deal brokered by British Conservative leader Timothy Kirkhope had been compromised and threatened to leave the group - which would bring it close to collapse (without the Poles, it would consist of MEPs from seven countries which is the minumum requirement for a group). Kirkhope stood aside to allow Kamiński to become Group President. Michal Kaminski is now the first group leader from a former communist country. | |||
| Unhappy at being left in the non-inscrit 'grouping', it was speculated that McMillan-Scott might join the EPP group as an independent MEP.<ref>, ], 14 July 2009</ref> McMillan-Scott has now asked the Conservative Party to revisit their decision to expell him during the summer recess. | |||
| After his election as Vice President, McMillan-Scott accused Michał Kamiński of being linked with ], ] and ]. Kamiński replied: ''"I am not a Nazi and if he repeats these allegations in public I will sue him. ... Everyone who knows me knows that this is rubbish. I have never done anything improper."<ref>http://www.theparliament.com/no_cache/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/kaminski-threatens-legal-action-over-nazi-allegations Kaminski threatens legal action over Nazi allegations, TheParliament.com, 16 July 2009</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Edward McMillan-ScottMEP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 10 June 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1949-08-15) 15 August 1949 (age 75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Independent |
Edward McMillan-Scott was born in Cambridge in 1949. He is a Member of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom and one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament. He was elected for the Conservative Party in the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency.
In July 2009 he successfully stood for re-election as Vice-President of the European Parliament against the candidate imposed on the new European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group, a Polish MEP from the Law and Justice Party. The whip was then withdrawn by the leader of the the British Conservative delegation, Timothy Kirkhope. Kirkhope was also elected that day as leader of the ECR but was replaced by Kaminski the same night. McMillan-Scott is now seated as a non-attached (Non-Inscrit) MEP in the European Parliament. He remains a member of the Conservative Party.
The ECR was created by Conservative leader David Cameron to redeem a pledge during his leadership election. Although the Conservative manifesto for the 2009 European Elections committed MEPs to the new group, it only mentioned the Czech Civic Democrats, 15 of whom were elected. Cameron travelled to Warsaw two days after the European Elections and signed up 9 Poles and added several individual MEPs to form the current complement of 55.
McMillan-Scott signed up to the ECR and attended its inaugural meeting on June 24, at which he said he was uncomfortable, expecially if the new group had Members with links to 'extremist organisations like Poland's National Revival (NOP'. The following day, the reference to Kaminski's membership of NOP after 1989 was removed from his Misplaced Pages page.
McMillan-Scott was leader of the Conservative MEPs between 1997 and 2001. AFter the European Elections of June 1999, jointly with the then leader of the Conservative Party, he negotiated the 'Malaga Agreement' which provided for a more detached relationship between the 36 Conservative MEPs and the majority EPP-ED Group.
European Parliament
McMillan-Scott was the MEP for York from 1984 to 1994, MEP for North Yorkshire from 1994 to 1999, and MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber from 1999 onwards.
Roles and Responsibilities
On 23 July 2004 he was elected fourth of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament. He was re-elected a Vice-President in 2007. McMillan-Scott's responsibilities as Vice-President include relations with national EU parliaments and the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, which brings together 240 MPs from the EU, North Africa and the Middle East.
A relative of T E Lawrence, he was elected chairman of the European Parliament's largest-ever election observer missions, 30 MEPs, to Palestine in January 2005 and January 2006 for the presidential and parliamentary elections respectively.
Campaigning
McMillan-Scott was the founder of the European Democracy Initiative which was an initiative originally aimed at the transformation of the ex-Soviet bloc and which he is now directing towards the reforming Arab world and authoritarian countries such as China, Cuba and Russia. Until June 2009 he was one of two MEPs on the working group which supervised the €140M programme.
He campaigns for improved children's rights across the EU and has dealt with a number of cross-frontier child abduction cases. He is currently campaigning for an EU-wide missing child alert with Kate and Gerry McCann, parents of missing Madeleine. A majority of MEPs supported a resolution to this effect, sponsored in the summer of 2008 by McMillan-Scott. In the USA, the Department of Justice's Amber Alert has recovered 400 abducted children since 2003, 80% within the crucial first 72 hours. France has an identical system but other countries, including the UK, rely on a patchwork of volunteers and charities.
His 'Golden Fleece' campaign against fraud and malpractice in the Costa villa and timeshare market won wide support. He is currently campaigning for more secure property rights in the EU's neighbourhood, as buyers move into the Balkans, Turkey and North Africa, where the legal framework is insecure.
References
External links
- Official website
- Profile at European Parliament website
- Mcmillanscott asks David Cameron to restore the whip
- Mcmillanscott campaign for vice president website
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