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This summer the Council Library will shine a light on new and emerging European literary talent, with the third instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative. Through books recommended by the Brussels-based Permanent Representations to the EU, the literary pit stops on this tour will unearth some of Europe’s exciting new talent. Today’s selection is by the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU - Love Notes from a German Building Site by Adrian Duncan.

This summer the Council Library will shine a light on new and emerging European literary talent, with the third instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative. Through books recommended by the Brussels-based Permanent Representations to the EU, the literary pit stops on this tour will unearth some of Europe’s exciting new talent. Today’s selection is by the Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EU – ‘Pobeda 1946: A Car Called Victory’ by Ilmar Taska.

This summer the Council Library will shine a light on new and emerging European literary talent, with the third instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative. Through books recommended by the Brussels-based Permanent Representations to the EU, the literary pit stops on this tour will unearth some of Europe’s exciting new talent. Today’s selection is by the Permanent Representation of Germany to the EU - Auf der Straße heißen wir anders by Laura Cwiertnia.

This summer the Council Library will shine a light on new and emerging European literary talent, with the third instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative. Through books recommended by the Brussels-based Permanent Representations to the EU, the literary pit stops on this tour will unearth some of Europe’s exciting new talent. Today’s selection is by the Permanent Representation of Denmark to the EU – You probably should have been there by Thomas Korsgaard.

The concept of a ‘European Political Community’; energy sufficiency and the EU’s renewables expansion challenge towards 2030; if the EU's response to Russia's war in Ukraine is a transformational moment; EU’s open strategic autonomy and the trappings of geo-economics, European industrial policy as a crucial element of strategic autonomy; and reducing European fertiliser and feed dependency through the Common Agriculture Policy are some of the issues discussed in the 100th edition of the Think Tank Review.

This summer the Council Library will shine a light on new and emerging European literary talent, with the third instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative. Through books recommended by the Brussels-based Permanent Representations to the EU, the literary pit stops on this tour will unearth some of Europe’s exciting new talent. Today’s selection is by the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the EU. They recommend one book in Dutch – Dit is Europa, de geschiedenis van een unie by Hendrik Vos – and one in French – La Vraie Vie by Adeline Dieudonné.

Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.

This summer the Council Library will shine a light on new and emerging European literary talent, with the third instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative. Through books recommended by the Brussels-based Permanent Representations to the EU, the literary pit stops on this tour will unearth some of Europe’s exciting new talent. Today’s selection is by the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU - Deathmaiden by Lucie Faulerová.

With populism being increasingly discussed in the context of the European Union, ten authors set out to analyse the consequences of this political trend. The assembled reports evaluate a number of variables influencing populism’s effects in the EU’s institutions and the populations they represent. With populism being increasingly discussed in the context of the European Union, ten authors set out to analyse the consequences of this political trend. The assembled reports evaluate a number of variables influencing populism’s effects in the EU’s institutions and the populations they represent.

Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.