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Lindsay Whitcroft
Green Party candidate for Northern Ireland | Lindsay Whitcroft is the Green Party candidate seeking a seat in the European Elections. She is Co-Leader of the Green Party along with Dr John Barry, and Green Party representative for South Antrim.
Originally from the Limestone Road area of North Belfast, where her family still live, Lindsay now lives in Templepatrick with her husband Pete and 3 young children.
She has many years experience within Northern Ireland Politics. A former member of the Alliance Party she has been on Alliance Party executive from 1993-1994 and again from 2000 – 2002. During this time she was employed by Eileen Bell in her Stormont Office and worked closely with Eileen as Convenor of the Women’s Network. She was a candidate in the 1996 Forum Elections and again in the Local Government Elections in 1997.
She has campaigned on issues affecting women and children for many years. During her time at Coleraine University, where she studied European Business Studies, she was Women’s Officer in the Students’ Union.
She also recently worked in the community and voluntary sector, for the ‘Women Into Politics’ project, which encourages women from all backgrounds to make the move into politics.
Now employed as a property marketing manager, Lindsay works part-time for a Newry based company.
Greens make the difference in Europe.
The outcome of the 2004 European elections, which will be held in an enlarged European Union of 25 countries, will determine our common future. Greens have been among the most convinced promoters of fair enlargement. The reunification of Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall was and remains one of the main duties of the Union. Greens in Europe are already playing a crucial role in building a more tolerant, social, ecological and democratic Union.
A committed Euro-enthusiast, Lindsay speaks fluent French and Spanish, and some German. As part of the European Green Party which currently has 45 MEPs, including 2 each from Britain and Ireland, she is campaigning on: - Building the peace and fulfilling the potential of the Agreement in the context of Northern Ireland being a part of, rather than apart from Europe. The Green Party is committed to the original European vision of a peaceful and prosperous Europe – including a peaceful Northern Ireland.
- Using European Union legislation and support to promote quality of life for all; for example, family friendly employment initiatives, supporting the social economy, protecting our children from junk food advertising, and promoting safer, cleaner environments, including urban environments for all.
- Promoting local and healthy food - providing opportunities for local farmers to produce healthy food for local markets and communities.
- Greening the economy – creating wealth and jobs from waste in the recycling industry, promoting better rail and other infrastructural links for our regional economy and supporting local business innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Advocating practical all-island solutions to all-island problems – as well as an emerging all-island economy and energy market. The Greens are also campaigning for an all-Island Environmental Protection Agency implementing European Union directives consistently throughout the two jurisdictions in conjunction with our colleagues in the South of Ireland.
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Learn more about Green Party work in the European Parliament
where we have 45 MEPs from 12 countries
Contact details:
Office telephone (028) 9443 2026
Mobile 07900 200114 or 07764 273498
Email: greenparty.ni@virgin.net |
Created by: forster
last modification: Tuesday 18 of May, 2004 [11:21:38 UTC] by forster
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