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Lobby Your MEP
The Trade Justice Movement asks you to write to your MEP to call for fairer trade deals before it's too late - the future of 750 million people could depend on it. MEPs may have the opportunity to influence these deals over the next few weeks and months.
Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are unfair trade deals the European Commission is trying to force on poor African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. These deals could hurt livelihoods, jobs and the environment in these countries.
MEPs hold the European Commission to account and so can demand that its President, Commissioner Barroso, re-opens negotiations with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.
Everyone has European representatives in their area. You can find out who your MEPs are and how to contact them by visiting
http://www.europarl.org.uk/uk_meps/MembersMain.htm. We've given you the email addresses of the MEPs below. You'll also notice there are several MEPs allocated to your area - each is responsible for representing you. Please see below for which MEPs are in your area.
It is vital that you contact them as soon as possible and you will be joining other campaigners across Europe who will also be pressing their MEPs to take similar action.
Download or use html version of letter to write to your MEP asking them to put pressure on the European Commission.
Influential MEPs
We are not asking you to write to all MEPs in your area as many have already declared their support for the campaign. Please prioritise the MEPs below for communication.
East Midlands:
Glenis Willmott (Labour) glenis.willmott@europarl.europa.eu
William Newton Dunn (Liberal Democrat) bill.newtondunn@europarl.europa.eu
Eastern:
Robert Sturdy (Conservative) robert.sturdy@europarl.europa.eu
* He wrote an important paper on EPAs in the European Parliament
Andrew Duff (Liberal Democrat) mep@andrewduffmep.org
Christopher Beazley (Conservative) christopher.beazley@europarl.europa.eu
London:
Sarah Ludford (Liberal Democrat) office@sarahludfordmep.org.uk
John Bowis OBE (Conservative) john.bowis@europarl.europa.eu
johnbowis@aol.com
North East:
Stephen Hughes (Labour) stephen-hughes@btconnect.com
NorthWest:
Arlene MacCarthy (Labour) arlene.mccarthy@easynet.co.uk
Scotland:
Struan Stevenson (Conservative) struan.stevenson@europarl.europa.eu
Elspeth Attwool (Liberal Democrat) elspeth.attwooll@europarl.europa.eu
Southeast:
James Elles (Conservative) james.elles@europarl.europa.eu
Peter Skinner (Labour) southeast@peterskinnermep.eu
Southwest:
Caroline Jackson (Conservative) caroline.jackson@europarl.europa.eu
Graham Watson (Liberal Democrat) euro_office@cix.co.uk
* He is also leader of the Liberal grouping in the European Parliament
Wales:
Eluned Morgan (Labour) contact@welshlabourmeps.org.uk
West Midlands:
Liz Lynne (Liberal Democrat) liz@lizlynne.co.uk
Michael Cashman (Labour) danwatson@phonecoop.coop
Yorks:
Edward Macmillan-Scott (Conservative) edward.mcmillan-scott@europarl.europa.eu
Diana Wallis (Liberal Democrat) diana@dianawallismep.org.uk
Linda McAvan (Labour) lindamcavan@lindamcavanmep.org.uk
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