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We would like to present to our readers the book 'Democratizing Central and Eastern Europe: Successes and Failures of the European Union' by Luca Tomini, which is the result of Tomini's PhD dissertation that began in Florence and continued in Brussels.

This book by Madalena Meyer Resende addresses an important and often under-discussed topic - the evolution of state nationalisms in the context of transitions from authoritarianism to democracy. It compares two cases, Poland and Spain, where the outcome of these processes of transformation differed.

Welcome to issue 33 of the Think Tank Review compiled by the EU Council Library. It references papers published in February 2016.

The topic of gender equality surfaces in the public debate every year around the International Women's Day. The European Policy Center (EPC) contributed to this trend by organising a policy dialogue entitled "Women at work. Under-used source of growth?" which the Central Library attended.

The Central Library attended an event at the European Policy Centre (EPC) entitled '"Brexit" or "Bremain" - the Referendum and Beyond'.

This is our regular blog post to let you know about some of the more interesting titles being added to the GSC's Central Library collection in March 2016. Have a look at the abstracts to see which one takes your fancy.

The Central Library was pleased to attend the 2016 Jean Monnet Network 'PACO' conference. Organised by Maastricht University, the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and Sabanci University, the conference brought together academics from a very impressive list of international universities to debate the topic of parliamentary cooperation and diplomacy in Europe and beyond.

Amidst the wave of conferences related to refugee crisis or the UK and Europe, currently dominating discussion in Brussels, the Central Library was pleased to attend a conference on EU competition and sustainability policies which was hosted by Bruegel, a European think tank specializing in economics.