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Le premier Président de la FEE, Alain Gründ, est décédé

FEP’s first President, Alain Gründ, has died

Alain Gründ, le premier Président de l’organisation qui venait de succéder au Groupement des Editeurs de Livres de la Communauté -le GELC- est décédé à Paris le 14 juillet. En juin 1990, Alain Gründ avait (...)

Press Release: The Digital Services Act is adopted, but does not fix the Internet

The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) welcomes the final adoption of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Regulation today, 5 July 2022, by the European Parliament. The DSA was proposed under the (...)

Press Release: Adoption of the Digital Markets Act. A big step forward for the book sector after 25 years of abuses

The Federation of European Publishers (FEP) and the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) welcome the adoption of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) Regulation today, 5 July 2022, (...)

Press Release: Young Publishing Professionals in Brussels 2022

Thirteen young publishers coming to Brussels to exchange on sustainability and discover the European institutions

A picture from the 2019 edition
After two years of stop due to the pandemic, the Federation of European Publishers launches the second edition of Young Publishing Professionals in Brussels (...)

Press Release: Belarus – Reports of detention of publisher and bookseller raise concerns

The International Publishers Association, the Federation of European Publishers and the European and International Booksellers Federation are extremely concerned by new reports from (...)

Press release: FEP welcomes the directive on value-added tax rates

The new directive allows super-reduced and 0 VAT also on books and ebooks

The Federation of European Publishers welcomes the adoption on 5 April by the Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) Council of the directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC regarding value-added (...)

Press Release: Crowdfunding campaign to support the printing of Ukrainian children’s books

More than 3 million refugees and among them many, many children who left their homes only with the minimum essentials. These children need to find comfort, these children need to continue being (...)

Press Release: FEP invites the Ukrainian Publishers Association as Special Guest

Since the very first days of the conflict, the Federation of European Publishers has voiced its condemnation of the Russian war against one of our European neighbours: Ukraine.
Today FEP’s (...)

FEP condemns Russia’s attack on Ukraine

The Federation of European Publishers condemns Russia’s attack on Ukraine. This attack is a threat not just to Europe but also to the entire world, to quote the European Parliament President’s (...)

FEP Director and Hungarian publisher at the French Presidency’s Conference on the Future of Books in Europe

On Thursday, 24 February 2022, the French Ministry of Culture will hold the conference “What Are the Challenges for Books and Reading in Europe?” in the framework of the French Presidency of the (...)