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
- Can EMU survive a multi-speed Europe?
- Blog post
- 5. mája 2017
The Library and Research team attended the presentation of the Euro Yearbook 2016, a collection of experts’ insights on the construction of the European Monetary Union up until 2016, organised by Bruegel.
- New books added to the Library collection - May 2017
- New books
- 2. mája 2017
The new books list for May is now available online - it contains a multilingual selection of books on various topics. Although all books are worth mentioning, find out more on the titles we would like to highlight.
- 10th anniversary of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU
- EU Council bibliography
- 28. apríla 2017
On 1 January 2017, ten years had elapsed since Romania and Bulgaria became members of the European Union.
- Think Tank Review - Issue 45/2017
- Think tank review
- 28. apríla 2017
Welcome to issue 45 of the Think Tank Review. It references papers published in March 2017. The French presidential elections are the special focus of this edition.
- 23 April – World Book and Copyright Day
- Book reviews
- 23. apríla 2017
23 April - World Book and Copyright Day - special tribute to books, the authors who wrote them and the copyright laws that protect them.
- Think Tank Review - Special Issue: EU politics, extremist parties and populism
- Think tank review
- 21. apríla 2017
A compilation of articles about EU politics, extremist parties and populism included in the Think Tank Review since April 2016.
- Most borrowed books in the Council Library in 2016
- EU Council bibliography
- 20. apríla 2017
With World Book and Copyright Day coming up this Sunday, this is a good time to look back at our most borrowed books of 2016. Find out which titles were most in demand among our readers?
- Visit to the library of the Museum of Natural Sciences, at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
- Blog post
- 11. apríla 2017
The Library and Research team recently visited the library of the Museum of Natural Sciences at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels.
- Ever Closer Union: The Legacy of the Treaties of Rome for Today's Europe 1957-2017 - Online exhibition
- Blog post
- 7. apríla 2017
The Rome Treaties of 25 March 1957 were a turning point in the process of European integration, giving birth to the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). The online exhibition commemorates this momentous event with documents, photographs and audio-visual material.
- Think Tank Review - Special Issue: departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union
- Think tank review
- 5. apríla 2017
Article 50 has been triggered: this special issue on Brexit provides links to both the full text and a short abstract of all the papers published by major think tanks world-wide between July 2016 and February 2017.