European Book Prize

The price of the European book was established in 2007 and is awarded annually. He is assisted by Jacques Delors, former President of the EU Commission and distinguished works from, which deal with the topic have been published in Europe and one of the 27 Member States of the EU last year. This award aims to promote European values ​​and helping to bring Europe closer to its citizens.

Award

The price of the European book was justified by France Roque (Public Relations Director of the Nouvel Observateur and co-founder of the Editions Saint -Simon, Publishing), Luce Perrot (Founder and President of the Association Lire la Politique and an organizer of various technical book fairs) and François -Xavier Priollaud (co-founder of the Editions Saint -Simon, Publishing and lecturer at the Institut d' études politiques de Paris).

The prize is awarded annually and is endowed with 20,000 euros. In addition, the companies included in the selection of books in a short list to be announced.

Supporter Committee

Under the presidency of Jacques Delors gathered twelve well-known personalities who are known for their pro-European commitment:

  • Jean Daniel, director and founder of the Nouvel Observateur
  • Étienne Davignon, former Vice President of the European Commission
  • Dimitris Dimitriadis, President of the European Economic and Social Committee
  • Paavo Lipponen, Finnish Prime Minister from 1995 to 2003
  • Denis Mac Shane, British Minister of European Affairs from 2002 to 2005, Member of Parliament
  • Pierre Mauroy, Senator, President of the Jean- Jaurès Foundation, former French prime minister, councilor in Lille since 2001
  • Hans -Gert Poettering, President of the European Parliament from January 2007
  • Jorge Sampaio, President of the Portuguese Republic from 1996 to 2006, was recently nominated by the United Nations ' Secretary-General of the Alliance of Civilizations "
  • Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008
  • Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome from 2001 to 2008
  • Vaira Vike -Freiberga, President of Latvia from 1999 to July 2007

Jury

The jury is headed by Henning Mankell and consists of ten journalists, the permanent foreign correspondents in Brussels and come from different Member States:

Prize winners

  • 2007: Guy Verhofstadt: The United States of Europe (Les Etats- Unis d'Europe ); Editions Luc Pire.

Short list

2007

  • Peter Prange: values ​​to pop everything from Plato connects us
  • Ulrich Beck, Edgar Grande: The Cosmopolitan Europe
  • Matthias Matussek: We Germans
  • Guy Verhofstadt: Les Etats- Unis d'Europe
  • Janine Dragustinova: Morta Nctopnr
  • Alex Popov: Mission Londres
  • Jorge Semprun: Pensar en Europe
  • Josep M. Colomer: Grandes Imperios, pequenas naciones
  • Sylvie Goulard: Le coq et la perle
  • Philippe Herzog: Le bonheur du voyage
  • Leerssen Joep: National thought in Europe: a cultural history
  • Donald Sassoon: The culture of Europeans - from 1800 to the present
  • Mark Leonard: Why Europe will run the 21st century
  • Anika current Melin: Europe Erna
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