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      Julie Ward caught reading Angela Carter`s “The Bloody Chamber” and other stories

    • MEP Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI_website

      “Reading amuses, teaches, enriches and above all it can make us human.” – Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski

    • Boris Zala_website

      “Reading is a way of everyday life, it structures my daily time…” – Boris Zala

    • 16-01-14 Zaborska reading-16_website

      “Books helps us to better understand ongoing social phenomena and trends. ” – Anna Záborská

    • MEP Cecilia Wikström

      “Poetry is, and has always been, a great inspiration for me. ” – Cecilia Wikström

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      “Books broaden your horizons and help you grow.” – Bogdan Brunon Wenta

    • MEP Renate Weber (replace the previous one)_website

      Renate Weber reading Pablo Neruda

    • MEP Adina Valean_website

      Adina-Ioana Vălean caught reading Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s masterpiece

    • Carole Tongue_website

      “Reading is one of my great pleasures in life.” – Carole Tongue

    • MEP Isabelle Thomas_website

      “Reading is, in my opinion, a treat for the mind, because it brings pleasure while feeding the spirit and raising the consciousness.” – Isabelle Thomas

    • MEP Antonio Tajani

      “Reading is what really allows me to disconnect after a long busy day at work or during my trips.” – Antonio Tajani

    • MEP Catherine Stihler_Website

      Catherine Stihler reading Lincoln’s speeches

    • MEP Igor Šoltes

      “Reading expands the mind and horizons of individuals.” – Igor Šoltes

    • MEP Csaba Sógor

      Csaba Sógor reading Márai Sándor

    • Mr. András Sándor Kocsis

      “To me, reading leads to knowledge I can use to furnish my world with.” – András Sándor Kocsis

    • Indrek Saar - to replace the previous one

      “It is important to read to children because reading helps us to think and process our thoughts.” – Indrek Saar

    • MEP Virginie Rozière_website

      Virginie Rozière reads the comic book “Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story” by Frederik Peeters

    • Heinrich Riehtmüller_website

      “For me, reading is not escapism but reflection about life with all its distortions but also with its beauties.”. – Heinrich Riethmüller

    • Didier Reynders_website

      Didier Reynders reading Boualem Sansal’s “2084: la fin du monde”

    • MEP Herbert Reul

      Herbert Reul reading Christoph Keese’s “Silicon Valley”

    • MEP Emil Radev_website

      Emil Radev caught reading Erich Maria Remarque’s “Three Comrades”

    • Renate Punka_LV

      “Reading for me is not a job or pastime (…), it’s my way to search for wonders and inspiration”. – Renāte Punka

    • Nick Yapp_EWC_website

      “As to why I think reading is important, well, first of all, it’s a joy.” – Nick Yapp

    • Joanna Prior 1_website

      “Asking a Publisher to pick their favourite book is a far from simple request.” – Joanna Prior

    • Margot Parker_2

      “Reading has always been important to me with subjects from history to politics and diverse cultures being top of my list.” – Margot Parker

    • Josef Ostermayer_website

      Josef Ostermayer reading Franz Kafka’s “The Trial”

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      “Books play a key role in the life of a country”. – Federico Motta

    • MEP Luigi MORGANO_website

      Luigi Morgano reading Jacques Delors’ “Memoirs”

    • MEP Marlene Mizzi

      “I am an avid reader and so it was extremely difficult for me to decide which is my favorite book.” – Marlene Mizzi

    • Íñigo Méndez de Vigo

      Íñigo Méndez de Vigo reading Jaime Gil de Biedma’s “Diarios 1956-1985”

    • GetCaughtReading_DaceMelbarde_photoKarlinaVitolina

      “For me, reading is freedom.” – Dace Melbārde

    • MEP Emmanuel Maurel

      “I cannot imagine spending one single day without reading.” – Emmanuel Maurel

    • MEP Edouard Martin_website

      “To read a book is both a doorway to the world and a way of escaping from it.” – Edouard Martin

    • MEP Vladimir Manka_website

      “In my opinion, reading a good book is the best form of relaxation”. – Vladimír Maňka

    • MEP Krystyna Lybacka

      “Reading is a sort of quality time for our brain which nourishes our intellectual development and provides us with a lot of pleasure.” – Krystyna Maria Łybacka

    • MEP Ulrike Lunacek

      “Reading books like this pulls the reader into considering the general question of how to live and survive as an individual in tumultuous times.” – Ulrike Lunacek

    • MEP Constance Le Grip_website

      Constance Le Grip caught reading Julien Gracq’s “Le Rivage des Syrtes”

    • MEP Stelios Kouloglou_website

      Stelios Kouloglou reading Maryse Wolinski’s “Chérie, je vais à Charlie”

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      “Reading is my main entertainment.” – Kaja Kallas

    • Philipe JUVIN, Député européen et Maire de La Garenne-Colombes - Samedi 31 octobre 2015 - Photographie Christophe TAAMOURTE -

      “We read to understand the world…” – Philippe Juvin

    • MEP Marc Joulaud

      “Be it about opening oneself to the diversity of opinions, learning or even having fun, there is no bad reason to open a book”. – Marc Joulaud

    • Toomas Hendrik Ilves

      “I have read many great books in my life and it is impossible for me to choose one” – Toomas Hendrik Ilves

    • Tom Harald_website

      Tom Harald Jenssen reading Jan Jakob Tønseth’s poetry collection Muntre dødsdikt (Cheery Poems about Death)

    • MEP Thomas Händel_website

      “Reading is always a mental journey beyond the horizon” – Thomas Händel

    • Dalia Grybauskaite

      “An open book is an open possibility for learning, discovery and inspiration that has the power to change the world.” – Dalia Grybauskaitė

    • MEP Griesbeck_website

      “I read a lot: novels, fairy tales, poems, short stories, …” – Nathalie Griesbeck

    • MEP Maria Grapini_website

      Maria Grapini caught reading her own book

    • MEP Michela Giuffrida_website

      “Reading stimulates our curiosity and makes us free.” – Michela Giuffrida

    • MEP Lidia Geringer De Oedenberg_website

      “For me reading is not only pleasure and a way of expanding horizons…” – Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg

    • MEP JENS GEIER

      “Reading can lead you everywhere, which is so fascinating about it.”- Jens Geier

    • MEP Vicky Ford_website

      “In my family we always give each other lots of books” – Vicky Ford

    • MEP Karl-Heinz Florenz_website

      “Reading is a form of relaxation for me” – Karl-Heinz Florenz

    • MEP Laura Ferrara_website

      “Reading is the best use of time that one could do.” – Laura Ferrara

    • Daniel Fernandez_website

      Daniel Fernández caught reading “The three musketeers”

    • MEP Tanja Fajon

      Tanja Fajon reading Irving’s “The World according to Garp”

    • MEP Jill Evans

      Jill Evans reading “Y Briodas”

    • MirceaDiaconu_03_GCR_greyscale

      “There are so many extraordinary books in the world, I don’t think I will get to read them all in my life. But it’s worth a try!” – Mircea Diaconu

    • JPDLivreSyndicatdeséditeur_website

      “The time allocated to reading is precious.” – Jean-Paul Denanot

    • MEP Mady Delvaux_website

      “I love stories: reading a good story allows me to escape, to invent new lives” – Mady Delvaux

    • MEP Pilar del Castillo

      Pilar del Castillo reading Stephan Kioja’s “Gustav Klimt landscapes”

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      “There is nothing better than sharing a book!” – Therese Comodini Cachia

    • Cofferati_website

      “Reading is one of the most effective (and engaging) ways to learn, to acquire knowledge”. – Sergio Cofferati

    • MEP Jerzy Buzek_website

      “For me reading does really feel like a journey.” – Jerzy Buzek

    • MEP Pervenche Berès

      “When a book leaves its mark on me, it never goes away.” – Pervenche Berès

    • MEP Guillaume Balas

      Guillaume Balas reading Stendhal’s «The Red and the Black»

    • MEP Isabella Adinolfi_1

      “Reading is not only an essential tool for personal and cultural growth, but also the best way to make new generations and other people better citizens…” – Isabella Adinolfi

    • Benedikt Foger_bn_website

      Benedikt Föger, FEP Treasurer, reading Frank Witzel

    • Henrique Mota 2

      Henrique Mota, FEP President, reading “unpublished good books”

    • EIBF_Presidents

      “Reading is among the most fantastic fulfilling and intimate experiences…” – Kyra Dreher, Fabian Paagman and Jean-Luc Treutenaere

    • Zoltán BALOG 2

      “This is the Book of books. My daily bread”. – Zoltán Balog, Minister for Culture of Hungary, reading the Bible

    • Stig Andersen_website

      Stig Andersen, President of the Danish Publishers Association, reading Karen Blixen

    • Włodzimierz Albin_website

      Reading is a very important part of my life. – Włodzimierz Albin, President of the Polish Chamber of Books

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    • Pierre

      Pierre Dutilleul, General Director of the Syndicat national de l’Edition, reading “Dictionnaire amoureux de l’Humour” by Jean-Loup Chiflet

    • Gunther Oettinger

      Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Digital Economy & Society, reading Jaron Lanier’s “Who owns the future?”

    • Neven Mimica

      Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, reading Pascal Mercier’s “Night Train to Lisbon”

    • Commissioner Hill_2

      Jonathan Hill, Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, caught reading Jane Austin

    • Martine Reicherts

      “Reading is a window, which leads to knowledge”. – Martine Reicherts, Director-General of DG Education and Culture (DG EAC)

    • Christos Stylianides

      “Reading is living. It is as simple as that. ” – Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management

    • K. Vella2

      “Keep reading and keep dreaming” – Karmenu Vella, Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

    • Bienkowska2

      “A good book inspires you throughout your entire life” – Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

    • Pierre Moscovici

      Pierre Moscovici, Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs, reading Italo Svevo’s “La Conscience de Zeno”

    • Bertel Haarder Kulturministeriet Januar 2017

      “Books stir feelings, open horizons, foster awareness, and create pictures in our minds”. – Bertel Geismar Haarder, Minister for Culture of Denmark

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      “Books belong to my daily routine: novels, poems, non-fiction.” – Viviane Reding, Member of the European Parliament

    • MEP Silvia Costa2

      “Transmitting the passions for reading and for writing remains the true cultural battle” – Silvia Costa, Member of the European Parliament

    • Pierre Moussa & Andris Piebalgs

      “A great book leaves the reader with an impression that it makes you wiser” – Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission

    • Lancelot du Lac

      “Reading is a door to unknown horizons” – Sylvie Guillaume, Vice-President of the European Parliament

    • Maros Sefcovic Website

      “For me reading creates oasis of peace” – Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission

    • European Ombudsman Ms Emily O'Reilly

      “To read is to allow oneself the possibility of transcendence” – Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman

    • Tibor Navracsics, Member of the EC in charge of Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship poses for a portrait

      Tibor Navracsics, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Citizenship, reading Edina Szvoren’s EUPL 2015 winning book

    • EC Cecilia Malmström2

      I never go anywhere without a book in my bag – Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Trade

    • Commissioner Cretu2

      Commissioner Corina Crețu caught reading “The Name of the Rose”

    • Vytenis Andriukaitis

      “Reading has always been a great joy and a fulfilling passion to me” – Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Commissioner for Health & Food Safety

    • Violeta Bulc

      “Books have been my faithful companion since my childhood”. – Violeta Bulc, Commissioner for Transport

    • Jean-Claude Juncker

      EC President Juncker reading Rilke’s poetry and “In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century” by Geert Mak

    • Carlos Moedas

      Commissioner Carlos Moedas reads “The Innovators – How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution” by Walter Isaacson

    • Kristalina Georgieva is taking part in the Campaign promoted by the Federation of European Publishers 'Get Caught Reading' (a photo of her holding her favourite book)

      “I have always seen reading as a window to other worlds”. – Kristalina Georgieva, Vice-President of the European Commission

    • MEP Gianni PittellaNEW

      “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

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    Julie Ward caught reading Angela Carter`s “The Bloody Chamber” and other stories

    ©All Rights reserved I have always loved fairy tales so for this campaign I have chosen Angela Carter`s “The Bloody Chamber” and …

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    “Reading amuses, teaches, enriches and above all it can make us human.” – Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski

    ©All Rights reserved Wisława Szymborska, polish Nobel Prize Winner for Literature, wrote one day: “Reading books is the most beautiful entertainment that …

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    ©All Rights reserved Not reading only but apprehension, understanding and usefulness are the main motives of my interest in books. That approach …

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    “Books helps us to better understand ongoing social phenomena and trends. ” – Anna Záborská

    ©All Rights reserved I chose the book I am currently reading – “Stand for the Family” by Sharon Slater. It explains the …

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    “Poetry is, and has always been, a great inspiration for me. ” – Cecilia Wikström

    ©All Rights reserved Poetry is, and has always been, a great inspiration for me. Even during a very hectic period with a …

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    “Books broaden your horizons and help you grow.” – Bogdan Brunon Wenta

    ©All Rights reserved I like fact-based books. A little history and a little action, sensation is what makes the story special and …

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    Renate Weber reading Pablo Neruda

    ©All Rights reserved I love the poetry of Pablo Neruda. It is a sublime blend of Latin American soul with the universal …

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    Adina-Ioana Vălean caught reading Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s masterpiece

    ©All Rights reserved Melcul pe povârniș (Snail on the Slope) – a political allegory seductive through its transparency, provocative by its actuality, …

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