Richard Corbett

Richard Corbett CBE was a member of the European Parliament from 1996-2009 and 2014-2020. He was at various times the Parliament’s rapporteur on the Constitutional and Lisbon Treaties, coordinator of the Socialist Group on constitutional questions and leader of the UK Labour Party MEPs. From 2010-2014 he was senior advisor to the President of the European Council.  He has written widely on EU affairs, including co-editing The European Union: how does it work? (O.U.P., 6th edition 2022) and The European Parliament (10th edition, 2024)..