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    • Julie Ward caught reading Angela Carter`s “The Bloody Chamber” and other stories

    • “Reading amuses, teaches, enriches and above all it can make us human.” – Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski

    • “Reading is a way of everyday life, it structures my daily time…” – Boris Zala

    • “Books helps us to better understand ongoing social phenomena and trends. ” – Anna Záborská

    • “Poetry is, and has always been, a great inspiration for me. ” – Cecilia Wikström

    • “Books broaden your horizons and help you grow.” – Bogdan Brunon Wenta

    • Renate Weber reading Pablo Neruda

    • Adina-Ioana Vălean caught reading Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s masterpiece

    • “Reading is one of my great pleasures in life.” – Carole Tongue

    • “Reading is, in my opinion, a treat for the mind, because it brings pleasure while feeding the spirit and raising the consciousness.” – Isabelle Thomas

    • “Reading is what really allows me to disconnect after a long busy day at work or during my trips.” – Antonio Tajani

    • Catherine Stihler reading Lincoln’s speeches

    • “Reading expands the mind and horizons of individuals.” – Igor Šoltes

    • Csaba Sógor reading Márai Sándor

    • “To me, reading leads to knowledge I can use to furnish my world with.” – András Sándor Kocsis

    • “It is important to read to children because reading helps us to think and process our thoughts.” – Indrek Saar

    • Virginie Rozière reads the comic book “Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story” by Frederik Peeters

    • “For me, reading is not escapism but reflection about life with all its distortions but also with its beauties.”. – Heinrich Riethmüller

    • Didier Reynders reading Boualem Sansal’s “2084: la fin du monde”

    • Emil Radev caught reading Erich Maria Remarque’s “Three Comrades”

    • “Reading for me is not a job or pastime (…), it’s my way to search for wonders and inspiration”. – Renāte Punka

    • “As to why I think reading is important, well, first of all, it’s a joy.” – Nick Yapp

    • “Asking a Publisher to pick their favourite book is a far from simple request.” – Joanna Prior

    • “Reading has always been important to me with subjects from history to politics and diverse cultures being top of my list.” – Margot Parker

    • Josef Ostermayer reading Franz Kafka’s “The Trial”

    • “Books play a key role in the life of a country”. – Federico Motta

    • Luigi Morgano reading Jacques Delors’ “Memoirs”

    • “I am an avid reader and so it was extremely difficult for me to decide which is my favorite book.” – Marlene Mizzi

    • Íñigo Méndez de Vigo reading Jaime Gil de Biedma’s “Diarios 1956-1985”

    • “For me, reading is freedom.” – Dace Melbārde

    • “I cannot imagine spending one single day without reading.” – Emmanuel Maurel

    • “To read a book is both a doorway to the world and a way of escaping from it.” – Edouard Martin

    • “In my opinion, reading a good book is the best form of relaxation”. – Vladimír Maňka

    • “Reading is a sort of quality time for our brain which nourishes our intellectual development and provides us with a lot of pleasure.” – Krystyna Maria Łybacka

    • “Reading books like this pulls the reader into considering the general question of how to live and survive as an individual in tumultuous times.” – Ulrike Lunacek

    • Constance Le Grip caught reading Julien Gracq’s “Le Rivage des Syrtes”

    • Stelios Kouloglou reading Maryse Wolinski’s “Chérie, je vais à Charlie”

    • “Reading is my main entertainment.” – Kaja Kallas

    • “We read to understand the world…” – Philippe Juvin

    • “Be it about opening oneself to the diversity of opinions, learning or even having fun, there is no bad reason to open a book”. – Marc Joulaud

    • “I have read many great books in my life and it is impossible for me to choose one” – Toomas Hendrik Ilves

    • Tom Harald Jenssen reading Jan Jakob Tønseth’s poetry collection Muntre dødsdikt (Cheery Poems about Death)

    • “Reading is always a mental journey beyond the horizon” – Thomas Händel

    • “An open book is an open possibility for learning, discovery and inspiration that has the power to change the world.” – Dalia Grybauskaitė

    • “I read a lot: novels, fairy tales, poems, short stories, …” – Nathalie Griesbeck

    • Maria Grapini caught reading her own book

    • “Reading stimulates our curiosity and makes us free.” – Michela Giuffrida

    • “For me reading is not only pleasure and a way of expanding horizons…” – Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg

    • “Reading can lead you everywhere, which is so fascinating about it.”- Jens Geier

    • “In my family we always give each other lots of books” – Vicky Ford

    • “Reading is a form of relaxation for me” – Karl-Heinz Florenz

    • “Reading is the best use of time that one could do.” – Laura Ferrara

    • Daniel Fernández caught reading “The three musketeers”

    • Tanja Fajon reading Irving’s “The World according to Garp”

    • Jill Evans reading “Y Briodas”

    • “There are so many extraordinary books in the world, I don’t think I will get to read them all in my life. But it’s worth a try!” – Mircea Diaconu

    • “The time allocated to reading is precious.” – Jean-Paul Denanot

    • “I love stories: reading a good story allows me to escape, to invent new lives” – Mady Delvaux

    • Pilar del Castillo reading Stephan Kioja’s “Gustav Klimt landscapes”

    • “There is nothing better than sharing a book!” – Therese Comodini Cachia

    • “Reading is one of the most effective (and engaging) ways to learn, to acquire knowledge”. – Sergio Cofferati

    • “For me reading does really feel like a journey.” – Jerzy Buzek

    • “When a book leaves its mark on me, it never goes away.” – Pervenche Berès

    • Guillaume Balas reading Stendhal’s «The Red and the Black»

    • “Reading is not only an essential tool for personal and cultural growth, but also the best way to make new generations and other people better citizens…” – Isabella Adinolfi

    • Benedikt Föger, FEP Treasurer, reading Frank Witzel

    • Henrique Mota, FEP President, reading “unpublished good books”

    • “Reading is among the most fantastic fulfilling and intimate experiences…” – Kyra Dreher, Fabian Paagman and Jean-Luc Treutenaere

    • “This is the Book of books. My daily bread”. – Zoltán Balog, Minister for Culture of Hungary, reading the Bible

    • Stig Andersen, President of the Danish Publishers Association, reading Karen Blixen

    • Reading is a very important part of my life. – Włodzimierz Albin, President of the Polish Chamber of Books

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    • Pierre Dutilleul, General Director of the Syndicat national de l’Edition, reading “Dictionnaire amoureux de l’Humour” by Jean-Loup Chiflet

    • Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy & Society, reading Jaron Lanier’s “Who owns the future?”

    • Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, reading Pascal Mercier’s “Night Train to Lisbon”

    • Jonathan Hill, Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, caught reading Jane Austin

    • “Reading is a window, which leads to knowledge”. – Martine Reicherts, Director-General of DG Education and Culture (DG EAC)

    • “Reading is living. It is as simple as that. ” – Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management

    • “Keep reading and keep dreaming” – Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

    • “A good book inspires you throughout your entire life” – Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

    • Pierre Moscovici, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, reading Italo Svevo’s “La Conscience de Zeno”

    • “Books stir feelings, open horizons, foster awareness, and create pictures in our minds”. – Bertel Geismar Haarder, Minister for Culture of Denmark

    • “Books belong to my daily routine: novels, poems, non-fiction.” – Viviane Reding, Member of the European Parliament

    • “Transmitting the passions for reading and for writing remains the true cultural battle” – Silvia Costa, Member of the European Parliament

    • “A great book leaves the reader with an impression that it makes you wiser” – Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission

    • “Reading is a door to unknown horizons” – Sylvie Guillaume, Vice-President of the European Parliament

    • “For me reading creates oasis of peace” – Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission

    • “To read is to allow oneself the possibility of transcendence” – Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman

    • Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship, reading Edina Szvoren’s EUPL 2015 winning book

    • I never go anywhere without a book in my bag – Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Trade

    • Commissioner Corina Crețu caught reading “The Name of the Rose”

    • “Reading has always been a great joy and a fulfilling passion to me” – Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health & Food Safety

    • “Books have been my faithful companion since my childhood”. – Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport

    • EC President Juncker reading Rilke’s poetry and “In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century” by Geert Mak

    • Commissioner Carlos Moedas reads “The Innovators – How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution” by Walter Isaacson

    • “I have always seen reading as a window to other worlds”. – Kristalina Georgieva, Vice-President of the European Commission

    • “For me reading is what makes us aware of our human condition”. – MEP Gianni Pittella, Head of the S&D group in the European Parliament

    • “East of Eden” by American writer John Steinbeck is one of my favourite books. – Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament

    • “I really feel that reading opens up our minds – and our hearts – to other people, to other cultures and to our shared history as human beings”. – Commissioner Věra Jourová

    Peter Kraus vom Cleff reading Colum McCann’s book Apeirogon. © All rights reserved

    Reading is cinema for the head! – FEP President Peter Kraus vom Cleff

    Even as a little boy, I loved to find a quiet, calm corner and immerse myself in a book. Books take us on journeys to other countries, other times, other people and other ways of thinking and perceiving. Reading is one of the best schools of empathy; reading comforts and …

    admin April 23, 2021 Caught Reading in Europe, Get Caught Reading 2020 Permalink
    Commissioner Ylva Johansson reading Klas Östergren's book and Renegater

    I cannot imagine a world without books – Commissioner Ylva Johansson

    Words flow around us all the time, in tweets, blogs and messages on our mobiles. With a few keystrokes, you can communicate with the whole world in a flash. Almost faster than the speed of thought. A book is something completely different, the opposite in fact. Someone has taken on …

    admin February 11, 2021 Caught Reading in Europe, Commissioners, European Commission, Get Caught Reading 2020 Permalink
    Rossana Conte reading

    “This is a is a book dedicated to the research for freedom…” – Rossana Conte

    I’m reading the book The Wind in my Hair written by Masih Alinejad, Iranian journalist and writer, civil rights activist and critical …

    Sticky: Massimiliano Smeriglio caught reading Antonio Scurati

    “L’uomo della provvidenza, by Antonio Scurati, tells us the strenght and the banality of evil. Fascism as a Dictatorship able to seduce …

    “No road is too long in the company of a friend…” – Maria da Graça Carvalho

      “I am reading a book called Nenhum Caminho Será longo, written by the Portuguese Catholic cardinal, theologian and poet José Tolentino …

    Isabella Tovaglieri MEP caught reading

    “A good bock is a discreet and generous mate who stands by you…” – Isabella Tovaglieri

      “A good book is an irreplaceable travel companion for a person like me, always moving between my territory, North-Western Italy, and …

    Pietro Fiocchi caught reading Roger Scruton

    “Fernando Pessoa is the greatest literary Ambassador of my native Portuguese tongue…” – Carlos Zorrinho

    “Fernando Pessoa is the greatest literary Ambassador of my native Portuguese tongue. Only one and many at the same time, Pessoa’s genius …

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