Five minutes with Richard Corbett “The only thing that some countries seem to be interested in is how much they put into the budget and how much they get out, not what it is actually used for.”

This week sees a major European Council summit to resolve the on-going debate over the EU’s budget. In an interview with EUROPP editors Chris Gilson and Stuart A Brown, Richard Corbett, Adviser to President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, discusses the upcoming summit, the role of the President, and the UK’s relationship with and influence in the EU.