McCanns lobby MEPs on child snatch alert scheme

Madeleine McCann’s parents embarked on a series of meetings with MEPs in Strasbourg today in a renewed effort to secure backing for a Europe-wide child abduction alert system.

Gerry and Kate McCann have until July 24 – the close of the plenary session - to collect the signatures needed to ensure that their proposal, in the form of a written declaration, is sent to the EU President and published.