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Over the course of the summer, the Council Library, in collaboration with the permanent representations to the EU, will recommend books to read from across the EU. It’s the fourth instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative, and this year, the spotlight will be placed on female authors. Today’s recommendation is from the Permanent Representation of Malta to the EU: ‘Żifna f'Xifer Irdum’ by Nadia Mifsud.

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Over the course of the summer, the Council Library, in collaboration with the permanent representations to the EU, will recommend books to read from across the EU. It’s the fourth instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative, and this year, the spotlight is on female authors. Today’s recommendation is from the Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU: ‘Between: selected poems of Agnes Nemes Nagy’.

Over the course of the summer, the Council Library, in collaboration with the permanent representations to the EU, will recommend books to read from across the EU. It’s the fourth instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative, and this year, the spotlight is on female authors. Today’s recommendation is from the Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the EU: ‘Subridere. Un aller simple’ by Nathalie Ronvaux.

Over the course of the summer, the Council Library, in collaboration with the permanent representations to the EU, will recommend books to read from across the EU. It’s the fourth instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative, and this year, the spotlight is on female authors. Today’s recommendation is from the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU: ‘Petro imperatorė I’ by Kristina Sabaliauskaitė.

Over the course of the summer, the Council Library, in collaboration with the permanent representations to the EU, will recommend books to read from across the EU. It’s the fourth instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative, and this year, the spotlight is on female authors. Today’s recommendation is from the Permanent Representation of Latvia to the EU: ‘Kate, kas gribēja kļūt par vectēvu’ by Signe Viška.

Over the course of the summer, the Council Library, in collaboration with the permanent representations to the EU, will recommend books to read from across the EU. It’s the fourth instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative, and this year, the spotlight will be placed on female authors. Today’s selection is by the Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the EU – 'Το Βουνί' by Louiza Papaloizou.

Over the course of the summer, the Council Library, in collaboration with the permanent representations to the EU, will recommend books to read from across the EU. It’s the fourth instalment of our Readers of Europe initiative, and this year, the spotlight will be placed on female authors. Today’s selection is by the Permanent Representation of Croatia to the EU: 'Zemlja bez sutona' by Marija Andrijašević.

To support your navigating of the priorities of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union the Council Library has compiled a Library Guide of relevant and authoritative resources.

The EU’s rule of law toolbox, political equations in Europe ahead of the 2024 European elections, central bank digital currencies in the euro area, the reform of the Stability and Growth Pact, energy's strategic importance for the EU, the July NATO summit in Lithuania, and the evaluation of the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) are some of the topics covered in the July Think Tank Review.