Library blog

Welcome to issue 21 of the Think Tank Review compiled by the EU Council Library. It references papers published in January 2015. In the Regard croisés section, a network of perspectives spanning Germany, Estonia, the UK, France, Poland, Sweden.

The library team found plenty of interesting articles in the latest West European Politics, out in May 2015 but already available online (subscription required). Many of them investigate the impact of the crisis and the ensuing austerity, on Member State societies and politics.

February 7 will mark the fourth National Libraries Day in the United Kingdom. An initiative to raise awareness of the importance of libraries and to encourage people of every age and background to make use of them. Libraries across the country will hold events as diverse as an attempt to break the Guinness World Record of books swapped in eight hours.