European Parliamentary Labour Party in the context of "Labour Party (Netherlands)"

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⭐ Core Definition: European Parliamentary Labour Party

The European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) was the parliamentary party of the British Labour Party in the European Parliament. The EPLP was part of the pan-European Group of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), (with MEPs from sister parties such as the French Socialist Party, the German SPD, the Swedish Social Democrats and Dutch Labour Party), and which is the parliamentary wing of the Party of European Socialists (PES), to which Labour was (and remains) affiliated.

Like other national delegations, the EPLP had its own leadership and spokespeople representing Labour in Brussels and Strasbourg (and the EPLP in the UK).

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European Parliamentary Labour Party in the context of Richard Corbett

Richard Graham Corbett CBE (born 6 January 1955) is a former British politician who served as the final Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP), from 2017 to 2020.

He was for decades one of the leading political and academic participants in the debates over British membership of the EU and of reforming the EU. His contributions to reforming the European Parliament were such that a book on prominent British MEPs suggested that "No single MEP did more to significantly increase the (European Parliament's) powers, standing and efficiency".

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