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 …
“Reading is living. It is as simple as that. ” – Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management
Reading is living. It is as simple as that. “Thinking the Twentieth Century” by Tony Judt (with Timothy Snyder) “it is not …
“A good book inspires you throughout your entire life” – Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
A good book is the one that you can always return to in search of new meanings and dimensions. It is also …
Pierre Moscovici, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, reading Italo Svevo’s “La Conscience de Zeno”
I am a part of the sect of Zeno’s admirers. This book, renowned and unsung at the same time, is both happy …
“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. …
“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 …
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 …