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 …
“Books have been my faithful companion since my childhood”. – Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport
Books have been my faithful companion since my childhood. I enjoy reading good books of diversified styles, from different time period and …
EC President Juncker reading Rilke’s poetry and “In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century” by Geert Mak
I read a lot of Rilke’s poetry, but very little of his prose, because in my opinion, he conveyed the feelings and …
Commissioner Carlos Moedas reads “The Innovators – How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution” by Walter Isaacson
Digital technologies have changed the world forever and I have been fascinated by the people behind them since my student days… since …
“I have always seen reading as a window to other worlds”. – Kristalina Georgieva, Vice-President of the European Commission
I have always seen reading as a window to other worlds. It gives me the chance to widen my horizons. Physics of …
“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
Once the Nobel Prize Iosif Brodskij said ““There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” For …
“East of Eden” by American writer John Steinbeck is one of my favourite books. – Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament
“East of Eden” by American writer John Steinbeck is one of my favourite books. The novel describes the eventful lives of two …