Library blog
Enlargement
- New books added to the Council Library's collection - April 2026
- New books
- 30. travnja 2026.
Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.
- New books added to the Council Library's collection - November 2025
- New books
- 28. studenoga 2025.
Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.
- Navigating the Danish presidency of the Council with our Library guide
- EU Council bibliography
- 9. srpnja 2025.
To help readers navigate the dynamic and complex landscape of the Danish presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Council Library has compiled a guide providing relevant and authoritative resources.
- New books added to the Council Library's collection - October 2024
- New books
- 29. listopada 2024.
Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.
- Navigating the Hungarian presidency of the Council with our Library guide
- EU Council bibliography
- 18. srpnja 2024.
To help readers navigate the dynamic and complex landscape of the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Council Library has compiled a guide providing relevant and authoritative resources.
- Enlargement and the future of Europe: views from the capitals
- Blog post
- 4. lipnja 2024.
The Council Library invited Johannes Pollak and Paul Schmidt, editors of the book ‘Enlargement and the future of Europe: views from the capitals’, and experts in European politics, to give an overview of their findings.
- Library guide on the 2004 enlargement
- EU Council bibliography
- 2. svibnja 2024.
Twenty years ago, the EU welcomed ten new member states. To celebrate the anniversary of the ‘big bang’ enlargement, the Council Library created a library guide with a selection of resources on the 2004 enlargement process.
- New books added to the Council Library's collection - April 2024
- New books
- 28. travnja 2024.
Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.
- Library guide to EU enlargement
- EU Council bibliography
- 16. veljače 2024.
Enlargement is the process whereby states join the European Union, after they have fulfilled a set of political and economic conditions. The road to accession for new members can take a long time and requires intense negotiations. The Council Library has compiled a library guide to help navigate the complex waters of the enlargement process. Discover more.
- New books added to the Council Library's collection - January 2024
- New books
- 26. siječnja 2024.
Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.
- New books added to the Council Library's collection - December 2023
- New books
- 21. prosinca 2023.
Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.
- 'Jamais frères? Ukraine et Russie: une tragédie postsoviétique' par Anna Colin Lebedev
- EU Council bibliography
- 21. veljače 2023.
Jamais frères? Une question à laquelle l'autrice tente de répondre en passant en revue plusieurs périodes historiques où le sort des peuples ukrainien et russe était entremêlé, en particulier l'ère soviétique qui a gommé, en surface seulement, les différences séparant les deux peuples. Comprendre les deux sociétés aide à saisir ce qui se joue actuellement dans la guerre de la Russie contre l'Ukraine.
- Nobel Peace Prize for the European Union – 10th Anniversary
- Book reviews
- 15. prosinca 2022.
Ten years ago, on 10 December 2012, the European Union received the Nobel Peace Prize ‘for contributing to peace, reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe’. To mark the occasion, the Council archives have written a blog post about the ceremony and are running an exhibition in the Council Visitors’ Centre.
- New books added to the Council Library's collection - May 2022
- New books
- 31. svibnja 2022.
Discover our selection of books recently added to the Council Library collection.
- New books added to the Council Library's collection - January 2022
- New books
- 28. siječnja 2022.
Among the books recently added to the Council Library collection are works about Europe’s eastern neighbourhood, the process of convergence of the EU’s eastern member states, and Europe’s defence policy.
- Western Balkans Library Guide
- EU Council bibliography
- 10. rujna 2021.
In light of the upcoming EU-Western Balkans summit on 6 October, the Council Library has compiled a Library Guide of resources relating to the topic.
- New books added to the library's collection - February 2021
- New books
- 26. veljače 2021.
Find out here about the latest additions to the Council Library collection, including books on the European integration process, foreign policy, economic policy, and various other subjects.
- Treaty of Nice turns 20
- EU Council bibliography
- 26. veljače 2021.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the signing the Council Library has compiled a reading list relating to the Treaty.
- New books added to the library's collection – November 2020
- New books
- 30. studenoga 2020.
Rule of law, Brexit and history of the European Union are among the subjects covered by the new acquisitions of this month.
- New books added to the Library collection – January 2020
- New books
- 28. siječnja 2020.
The new acquisitions of this month focus on transparency at the Council, political entrepreneurship, recent German history, amongst other subjects.