“Keep reading and keep dreaming” – Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Reading is important to me because it has quite simply helped make me who I am today. I am an architect by …
“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 …
“Books stir feelings, open horizons, foster awareness, and create pictures in our minds”. – Bertel Geismar Haarder, Minister for Culture of Denmark
Books stir feelings, open horizons, foster awareness, and create pictures in our minds. The world of literature gives us the experience of …
“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