Richard Corbett

Richard Corbett was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 1996–2009 and 2014–20. During his tenures, he was Coordinator for the Socialist and Democrats Group on constitutional questions, Parliament’s co-rapporteur on the Constitutional and Lisbon Treaties, several times rapporteur on revising the European Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, the Parliament’s negotiator on reforming ‘comitology’ and the UK Labour Party leader in the European Parliament. Prior to becoming an MEP, he worked with Altiero Spinelli on Parliament’s 1984 Draft Treaty on European Union. In 2010–14 he was an advisor to European Council President Herman Van Rompuy. After ceasing to be an MEP, he was asked by the Parliament to represent it in the Common Secretariat organising the Conference on the Future of Europe. He has written extensively on European affairs, including several academic textbooks, and was a visiting professor at the College of Europe.