Brussels, 06/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - The first European Book Prize was awarded on Wednesday 5 December to Guy Verhofstadt for his work entitled “The United States of Europe”, during a ceremony at the European Parliament. Speakers included Jacques Delors, José Manuel Barroso, Hans Gert Pötterring and Jean-Marie Cavada. The president of the jury, Swedish writer Henning Mankell, explained that it had been a difficult choice as other books of great worth had also been taken into...