MEP profile
Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for the East of England
Spokesman for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs for the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
Substitute Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Sub-Committee on Security and Defence
Member of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee
President of the Union of European Federalists
Chairman of the Spinelli Federalist Intergroup of the European Parliament
Other interests
Founding member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)
Curriculum vitae
Born Birkenhead,Cheshire on 25 December 1950.
Studied at Sherborne School, Dorset;UniversityofCambridge; Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Previously worked for the Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government and the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust. From 1993-99, Director of the Federal Trust for Education and Research,London.
Councillor, City of Cambridge1982-1990.
Vice-President of the Liberal Democrats 1994-1997.
OBE 1997.
Member of the EU Convention on the Charter of Fundamental Rights 1999-2000.
Chairman of the Liberal caucus to the Convention on the Future of Europe 2002-2003.
Representative of the European Parliament to the Intergovernmental Conference 2007.
Author or editor of many articles and books on European integration, including:
- Federal Union Now (2011)
- Post-national democracy and the reform of the European Parliament (2010)
- Making the Difference - Essays in honour of Shirley Williams (2010)
- Saving the European Union - The Logic of the Lisbon Treaty (2009)
- True Guide to the Treaty of Lisbon (2007)
- Constitution Plus: renegotiating the treaty (2007);
- Plan B: How to Rescue the European Constitution (2006);
- The Struggle for Europe's Constitution (2005);
- The Treaty of Amsterdam (1997);
- Reforming the European Union (1997);
- Maastricht and Beyond: Building the European Union (1994).
Andrew Duff writes monthly for FT.com.
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