Arlene McCarthy

Arlene McCarthy (born 10 October 1960, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is the Deputy Chair of European Strategy at Sovereign Strategy and a former British MEP (1994-2014 ) for North West from the Labour Party.European Parliament, MEP Directory: Arlene McCarthy, accessed 01 December 2010.
==Affiliations==
===Parliamentary Affiliations===
:Chair:
:	24.01.2006 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
:	15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
:	31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
:Vice-Chair:
:	16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
:Member:
:	19.07.1994 / 19.07.1999 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
:	21.07.1994 / 19.07.1995 : Temporary committee on employment
:	22.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Regional Policy
:	17.11.1994 / 11.07.1995 : Delegation for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
:	12.07.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
:	16.01.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Regional Policy
:	14.10.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea
:	24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea
:	20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
:	21.07.1999 / 12.03.2000 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism
:	06.10.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
:	03.02.2000 / 17.02.2000 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
:	13.03.2000 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market
:	17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market
:	06.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)
:	22.09.2003 / 19.11.2003 : Committee on Budgetary Control
:	20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Socialist Group in the European Parliament
:	21.07.2004 / 23.01.2006 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
:	15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	24.01.2006 / 15.01.2007 : Conference of Committee Chairmen
:	31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Conference of Committee Chairmen
:	14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
:	16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee
:	17.06.2010 / ... : Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013
:Substitute:
:	21.07.1994 / 13.03.1995 : Committee on Institutional Affairs
:	14.03.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee
:	22.07.1999 / 11.11.1999 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
:	11.11.1999 / 03.02.2000 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
:	13.03.2000 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism
:	17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism
:	21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Legal Affairs
:	15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
:	15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Legal Affairs
:	31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Legal Affairs
:	15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia
:	16.07.2009 / 15.09.2009 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
:	16.09.2009 / ... : Committee on Legal Affairs
:	16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary CommitteeEuropean Parliament, MEP Directory: Arlene McCarthy, accessed 01 December 2010.
==Record and Controversies==
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
*Nothing to declare.European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Arlene McCarthy, 23 June 2009, accessed 03 November 2009.
====Former Declaration of Financial Interests====
*I do not employ or contract any family members.
*I am an unpaid Board Member of the European Internet Foundation (EIF). The EIF is an independent, not for profit and non-partisan organisation.
*In my role as an MEP, I am invited to a number of sponsored meetings and activities. For the period of 2008, these are:
:14 May 2008
:UEFA Cup Final at the City of Manchester Stadium
:Guest of Manchester City Council
:13 September 2008
:Attended Manchester City vs Chelsea at the City of Manchester Stadium
:Guest of City in the Community
:18 September 2008
:Attended IoD Director of the Year Awards Dinner
:Guest of The Law Society
:06 November 2008
:Attended the MTV European Music Awards in Liverpool
:Guest of Viacom/MTV
:12 November 2008
:Attend Fundraising Dinner for Manchester Children’s Hospital Trust
:Guest of Opal Property GroupEuropean Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Arlene McCarthy, 26 January 2009, accessed 06 February 2009.
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
*Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
*Voted in favour of the report on "Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network" (A5-0135/2002). The Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T) is a network of so-called 'transport corridors' through Europe. This amendment calls for a full Strategic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of the TEN-T.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
==Personal Information==
===Curriculum Vitae===
*BA (Hons.) (1983). Studied at the Polytechnic of the South Bank, London, the Department of Political Science, Stuttgart University and the Faculty of Law, University of Clermont-Ferrand. 
*Guest Research Fellow at the Institute for Transatlantic Foreign and Security Policy, Free University of Berlin (1986-1988). Ph.D. studies (University of Manchester). 
*Worked with the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (1989-1992) and with Mr Ford, former Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (1990-1992). 
*Lecturer in politics, Institute for International Politics and Regional Studies, Free University of Berlin (1991-1992). 
*Principal European Liaison Officer, Kirklees Metropolitan Council (until 1994).
*Member of the European Parliament (1994-2014).
*Author of 'European Regional Development Strategies: Responses of Two Northern Regions', Local Government Policy Making, Vol.20, No 5, May 1994. Joint editor of 'Changing States' (1996) and author of chapter 'A Europe of the Regions: Building Economic and Social Cohesion in Britain and Europe'.
*Deputy Chair of European Strategy at Sovereign Strategy
===Contact===	
:Address:
:Parlement européen
:Bât. Altiero Spinelli
:13G351
:60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
:B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
:Phone:
:+32 (0)2 28 45501
:Fax:
:+32 (0)2 28 49501
:Email:
:arlene.mccarthy AT europarl.europa.eu
:Website: 
:http://www.arlenemccarthy.labour.co.uk
==Resources==
*European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Arlene McCarthy, 26 January 2009, accessed 06 February 2009.
*European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Arlene McCarthy, 23 June 2009, accessed 03 November 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Arlene McCarthy, accessed 06 February 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Arlene McCarthy, accessed 01 December 2010.
*Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 06 February 2009.
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