Library blog

The Central Library attended the roundtable discussion on 'The European Council and crisis management' on 16 February 2016, organised by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS).

Welcome to issue 32 of the Think Tank Review compiled by the EU Council Library. It references papers published in January 2016.

The opening speech was given by Herman van Rompuy, the former President of the European Council. He began by emphasising that, on his appointment to that position, he was aware not only of what the Lisbon Treaty provided for as regards the role of the President of the European Council, but also of what it did not provide for, and what would therefore have to be organised on a more informal basis.

The Central Library attended the SUMMIT Kick-off Conference held in Brussels on 29 and 30 January 2016, under the slogan 'Grasping the European Council - Raising Awareness for a Key Institution' organised by the Jean Monnet Chair, University of Cologne, and the Trans European Policy Studies Association.

Welcome to the February 2016 list of recent acquisitions at the GSC's Central Library. Looking for great books to read on European politics and economics? Or European history and geopolitics? We have a few recent acquisitions worth considering.

The Central Library attended a briefing with the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg, Mr Jean Asselborn, at the European Policy Centre.

In the context of the most recent elections to the European Parliament (May 2014), the Institute of Contemporary History of the New University of Lisbon brought together in one single volume several contributions by scholars from different scientific disciplines on the European parliamentary elections in Portugal.

The Central Library is pleased to present an enhanced and updated bibliography on the European Council, the Council of the European Union and their General Secretariat.

Richard T. Griffiths has been writing about European integration for decades! 'Thank you M. Monnet - Essays on the History of European Integration' gathers his most important pieces, produced over the last thirty years. It is an excellent collection of articles, which are a pleasure to read.