Better Understanding Europe Book Prize

Creation of the Prize

This book prize was created in 2009 by the Centre de Culture Européenne (CCE) in Saint-Jean-d’Angély (Charente-Maritime) on the initiative of its president, Francine Vaniscotte. Its aim is to reward a book devoted to or related to European issues and accessible to young people. The prize is aimed at secondary school pupils, students and teachers, as well as the general public, and must meet three criteria: readability, recent publication and a reasonable number of pages.

Since 2018 and the end of the CCE’s activities, the prize has been hosted by the Jacques Delors Institute in Paris, where the jury meets every year.

The members of the Jury

• Marie-Christine Vallet (President), Freelance journalist, former Deputy Director of Editorial Europe at Radio France
• Michel Adam, President of the Jean Monnet European Studies Centre in Cognac
• Laurence Aubron, Director and founder of the Euradio network
• Yves Doutriaux, State Councillor and associate professor at Paris I University
• Nicolas Chevrier, History and Geography Teacher in Paris
• Christian Lequesne, Professor at Sciences Po Paris and former Director of the Centre for International Studies and Research (CERI – Sciences Po)
• Sébastien Maillard, Special Advisor on Enlargement Issues at the Jacques Delors Institute
• Héloïse Ménard, Professor of History and Geography at the Nelson Mandela High School in Nantes and regional coordinator at CADN (2018-2021).
• Philippe Perchoc, Director, IRSEM Europe
• Anja Thomas, Research Fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, and Senior Lecturer at the University of Lille