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 - Issue 9/2013
- Think tank review
- 20 dicembre 2013
While EU leaders are gathered in Brussels for the last European Council of the year, we have just finished our Think Tank Review. It includes papers on the banking union, migration and asylum, EU defence policy policy and more.
- European Sources Online at Cardiff University now free online
- Book reviews
- 19 dicembre 2013
The European Documentation Centre at Cardiff University: European Sources Online collection is now available free of charge.
- Looking back: 1952-2012. Archive documents from the early days of the Council Secretariat
- Book reviews
- 19 dicembre 2013
The first Council of ministers of what was going to become the EU was held in 1952. It was served by a small Secretariat. A selection of documents on the early days of the Secretariat is published here as a foretaste of the wealth of resources made available by our colleagues in the archives.
- Public opinion ahead of the 2014 European election - 3
- Book reviews
- 6 dicembre 2013
With the run-up to the European Elections on 22 May 2014 starting to pick up steam, and worries about an expected popular backlash against the European Project rising, the Library team is gathering sources of insight into the debate.
- Public opinion ahead of the 2014 European election - 2
- Book reviews
- 4 dicembre 2013
With the run-up to the European Elections on 22 May 2014 starting to pick up steam, and worries about an expected popular backlash against the European Project rising, the Library team is gathering sources of insight into the debate.
- Think Tank Review - Issue 8/2013
- Think tank review
- 2 dicembre 2013
The November Think Tank Review is out, covering topics ranging from the European elections, migration, and EU strategic partnerships.
- Public opinion ahead of the 2014 European election - 1
- Book reviews
- 2 dicembre 2013
With the run-up to the European Elections on 22 May 2014 starting to pick up steam, and worries about an expected popular backlash against the European Project rising, the Library team is gathering sources of insight into the debate.
- EU-Korea Relations in a Changing World
- Book reviews
- 7 novembre 2013
The Koninklijke Universiteit Leuven and the Seoul National University, with co-funding from the EU, have published an e-book called EU-Korea Relations in a Changing World.
- Explaining negotiations in the Conciliation committee - structural bias in favour of Council
- Book reviews
- 21 ottobre 2013
Some commentators on the institutional setup of the conciliation committee see it as structurally favouring the Council.
- Financial Assistance to EU Member States State of Play
- Book reviews
- 14 ottobre 2013
The European Parliament Economic Governance Support Unit has put out a "state of play" table tracking the status of the financial assistance packages receives by EU MS.