René Repasi is a Member of the European Parliament in the S&D Group and Professor of Law at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is Head of Delegation for the German Social Democrats (SPD) in the European Parliament and coordinator for the S&D Group in the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI). In addition, he is a Member of the Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), substitute Member in the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and acts as second vice-chair of the EU-China delegation of the European Parliament. As rapporteur, he was involved in the adoption of the Parliament's INL report on the 28th regime, a European-wide framework of company rules, and is currently working on the 10th Horizon Europe research framework programme and an update of the rules for payment services. Prior to his mandate, he was a full-time professor of law at Erasmus University Rotterdam and director of the Erasmus Centre for Economic and Financial Governance (ECEFG).