“Get Caught Reading” with Barbara Weiler, MEP
A book about Europe that is so different to what we are used to – exciting, funny, competent – is that possible? …
To choose my favourite book is an impossible choice,says Philippe Juvin, MEP
Asking me to choose my favourite book is an impossible choice, but, among the best, there is Tocqueville’s Democracy in America for …
I cannot imagine my life without reading, says Justas Vincas Paleckis, MEP
I cannot imagine my life without reading, says Justas Vincas Paleckis, Member of the European Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence.
Get Caught Reading Exhibition 17-20 June 2013
More than 160 European personalities caught reading their favourite books! The Federation of European Publishers will launch its “Get Caught Reading” exhibition …
Leonidas Donskis, MEP, “caught” reading
If I were a philosophy teacher for the nobility or a librarian in the Age of Enlightenment, I would happily live in …
Isabelle Durant, MEP, for the “Get Caught Reading” campaign
Through Amin Maalousis’ superb gift for writing, diving into the Lebanon of the 1830s as portrayed in The Rock of Tanios is …
Literacy is the basis for learning and education, says Sabine Verheyen, MEP
I am convinced that literacy is the basis for learning and education, says Sabine Verheyen, Member of the European Parliament. Reading is …
Reading is a pleasurable way of informing and educating oneself, says Lothar Bisky, MEP
Reading is a pleasurable way of informing and educating oneself, of exchanging opinions and thoughts and not the least of learning. Buying …
Reading is essential to problem solving and to understanding the world, says Maria Da Graça Carvalho, MEP
Reading for me has always been a way of developing the imagination and creativity, of exploring new ideas and of gaining new …
There is nothing like sitting down to read a good book, says Martin Callanan, MEP
Following her recent death I have chosen to re-read Margaret Thatcher’s autobiographies, which contain incredible insights into her time in office, says …