“Books belong to my daily routine: novels, poems, non-fiction.” – Viviane Reding, Member of the European Parliament
Books belong to my daily routine: novels, poems, non-fiction. Two out of three I usually read in parallel. Such as the excellent …
“Transmitting the passions for reading and for writing remains the true cultural battle” – Silvia Costa, Member of the European Parliament
Reading a book. To me, it represents a spiritual adventure, a space of freedom, a creative inspiration, a dialogue that spreads through …
“A great book leaves the reader with an impression that it makes you wiser” – Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission
A great book leaves the reader with an impression that it makes you wiser, with inspiration from other people’s life experiences. …
“Reading is a door to unknown horizons” – Sylvie Guillaume, Vice-President of the European Parliament
Reading is a door to unknown horizons, an opportunity for us to discover the meaning of alterity. At a time when, thanks …
“For me reading creates oasis of peace” – Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission
I always like to come back to my favourite book “The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World”, which …
“To read is to allow oneself the possibility of transcendence” – Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman
“Pure” by Andrew Miller. 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 enjoyed reading “Nincs, és ne is legyen” (There is None, nor let there be) …
I never go anywhere without a book in my bag – Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Trade
Set in Stalin’s Soviet society with its incomprehensible bureaucracy and hypocrisy, The Master and Margarita by Michail Bulgakov, is a beautiful love …
Commissioner Corina Crețu caught reading “The Name of the Rose”
Intrigued and fascinated by the levels of interpretation found in Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose writing. By the blend of …
“Reading has always been a great joy and a fulfilling passion to me” – Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health & Food Safety
“Europe: A History” by Norman Davies – First edition, 1996. I like this book as it constitutes one of the finest attempts …