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
- Think Tank Review 68
- Think tank review
- 25 giugno 2019
The results of the EP elections with the highest turnout in the last 20 years, the reform of the Dublin regulation on Asylum, and 20 years of the Eurozone are some of the issues covered in this TTR issue.
- New books added to the Library collection - May 2019
- New books
- 29 maggio 2019
Have a look at the latest books added to the Council Library collections! These include the 2019 Schuman report on Europe and the challenges ahead in 2019; a handbook on supreme audit institutions in the EU; and a book on the political role of the Court of Justice of the EU.
- Think Tank Review 67
- Think tank review
- 28 maggio 2019
EU elections and their impact, given the European and global context, are the most burning topic of this TTR issue. EMU reform, the EU's climate and energy policy framework for 2030 and Brexit also feature largely.
- The Council Library is marking the 2019 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
- Blog post
- 17 maggio 2019
The Council Library is marking the 2019 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia with a list of reading references relating to the lunchtime conference titled ‘LGBTI children: the parents’ perspective’ held on 17 May 2019 at the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU.
- Global Trends to 2030: Challenges and Choices for Europe - launch of the 2019 ESPAS report
- Blog post
- 15 maggio 2019
The future is now. It is time to decide: how to position Europe in the world, how to protect democracy, how to save the planet! On 6 May Florence Gaub presented the 2019 ESPAS to colleagues in the Council.
- Visit the library stand at the Open Day of the European institutions, Saturday May 4
- Blog post
- 3 maggio 2019
If you are in Brussels on Saturday May 4 visit the library stand at the annual Open Day of the EU institutions. Discover what resources we have, and what special activities we have planned!
- New books added to the Library collection - April 2019
- New books
- 30 aprile 2019
Among the books added to the library collections in April, you will find a title analysing the EU as an example of governance above the nation-state, a volume on the history of the first two generations of the EU, and a book about China's international investment strategy.
- Think Tank Review 66
- Think tank review
- 29 aprile 2019
The European elections and what is at stake for the future of Europe, protectionist attitudes in the EU, the euro and its wider internationalisation, and Brexit are all discussed in the April issue.
- A video for World Book and Copyright Day
- Book reviews
- 23 aprile 2019
The trainees of the Council of the EU have created a video to mark 'World Book and Copyright Day'.
- Ukraine - reading references
- EU Council bibliography
- 15 aprile 2019
The second round of the presidential elections in Ukraine will be held on 21 April 2019. As the political situation in Ukraine is not an easy subject, the Council Library has compiled a bibliography on the subject.