Library blog
Welcome to the Council Library blog.
The blog is used to disseminate the bibliographical and research products of the Council Library. It is also used to engage with a wider audience and share new or topical information and research related to EU policies.
Any views expressed in the blog are the personal views of their authors. They do not necessarily represent the position of the Council of the European Union or the European Council.
Our blog contains:
- Event report
A post relating to an event or conference.
- New books
An overview of the latest books acquired by the Library.
- Reading suggestion
A reading worth sharing.
- Think Tank Review
A monthly selection of EU-related papers published by think tanks across the world.
Latest posts
- Most-borrowed books in the Council Library
- EU Council bibliography
- 28 de febrero de 2020
In 2019 the Council Library enlarged its collections with books on EU policies, politics, economy and international relations. We would now like to share with you the year’s most popular reads.
- New books added to the Library collection –February 2020
- New books
- 27 de febrero de 2020
Artificial intelligence, Erasmus student mobility and Brexit are among the subjects covered by the new acquisitions of this month.
- Think Tank Review - February 2020
- Think tank review
- 26 de febrero de 2020
The European Green Deal and a social Europe, the implementation of GDPR, prospects for the Iran nuclear deal, how a geopolitical Commission engages with Africa and the EU's influence in the Western Balkans are some of the topics which feature in this Think Tank Review.
- 2021-2027: Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) - reading references
- EU Council bibliography
- 20 de febrero de 2020
The heads of state or government of the 27 member states meet on 20 February to discuss the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the 2021-2027 period. The Council Library has compiled a reading list relating to the MFF that covers the financial framework for the next seven years, and its historical evolution.
- Turkey - reading references
- Blog post
- 19 de febrero de 2020
Are you interested in the latest developments in Turkey? If yes, then why not take a look at the new reading list complied by the Council Library.
- 'Brexit and beyond: rethinking the futures of Europe' edited by Benjamin Martill and Uta Staiger
- EU Council bibliography
- 31 de enero de 2020
A collection of essays by notable scholars published by UCL Press in the wake of Brexit. The book looks at how the Brexit vote came about, the lessons to be learnt from it and the impact it will have on British, European and global politics.
- Risks and Opportunities 2020: what will the new year bring?
- Blog post
- 30 de enero de 2020
The Council Library invited Oxford Analytica to give a presentation on the risks and opportunities that will drive global politics throughout 2020.
- Think Tank Review - January 2020
- Think tank review
- 29 de enero de 2020
Ursula von der Leyen's geopolitical Commission and her ambitious goals on environmental and digital policies, the European Green Deal and its financial resources, the 2019 social justice index, the future of the EU's Eastern Partnership beyond 2020, and the WTO existential crisis are some of the topics which feature in this Think Tank Review.
- New books added to the Library collection – January 2020
- New books
- 28 de enero de 2020
The new acquisitions of this month focus on transparency at the Council, political entrepreneurship, recent German history, amongst other subjects.
- 'The EU in a Trans-European Space: external relations across Europe, Asia and the Middle East' edited by Serena Giusti and Irina Mirkina
- EU Council bibliography
- 8 de enero de 2020
In The EU in a Trans-European Space, editors Serena Giusti and Irina Mirkina seek to decipher the regional balance-of-power challenges facing Europe, MENA and East Asia by examining the political, social and economic interactions between those three regions.