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
- 'Democracy Promotion and the Normative Power Europe Framework: the European Union in South Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia' by Marek Neuman
- EU Council bibliography
- 2019. február 5.
A well-researched and thought-provoking book on EU foreign policy in post-Soviet countries.
- New books added to the Library collection - January 2019
- New books
- 2019. január 31.
Here is a selection of new e-books added to the Council Library collections in January.
- Think Tank Review 63
- Think tank review
- 2019. január 30.
Welcome to the January issue of the Think Tank Review packed with a big selection of articles.
- 'La part du ghetto' - Manon Quérouil-Bruneel et Malek Dehoune
- EU Council bibliography
- 2019. január 28.
La cité est un monde proche et lointain déjouant certains pronostics et confirmant quelques clichés. Les auteurs Manon Quérouil-Bruneel et Malek Dehoune livrent leur vérité sur les banlieues de France. Ce livre aborde des problèmes socio-économiques en lien avec le chômage, le désœuvrement et la délinquance, surtout des jeunes, que l'on retrouve dans la banlieue de plusieurs grandes villes européennes.
- 'Factfulness: 10 reasons we're wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think' by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund
- EU Council bibliography
- 2019. január 25.
Factfulness extols the virtues of basing one's opinions on facts and figures rather than on emotions and preconceived ideas. Concise, optimistic and essential reading.
- 'Quand l’Europe improvise : dix ans de crises politiques' by Luuk van Middelaar
- EU Council bibliography
- 2019. január 22.
The various crises that hit the EU as of 2008 - the subprime crisis, Ukraine and migration - are examined in detail via this convincing political, and even philosophical, narrative.
- 'The dawn of Eurasia: on the trail of the new world order' by Bruno Maçães
- EU Council bibliography
- 2019. január 18.
Bruno Maçães takes readers on a journey from Transnistria to Vladivostok in his latest book, The Dawn of Eurasia: On the Trail of the New World Order. Part travelogue, part geopolitical analysis, this book will engage you from start to finish.
- Eurolib turns 30
- Blog post
- 2018. december 21.
Eurolib celebrates its 30th anniversary and opens its archives for research.
- 2018 Season's greetings from the Council Library
- Book reviews
- 2018. december 21.
The Council Library wishes all our readers a happy holiday season.
- The library of the future
- Blog post
- 2018. december 20.
The European Commission Library marks its 60th anniversary with a conference titled 'The library of the future: challenges for library, knowledge and information professionals'.