Věra Jourová and Viktor Daněk - Book presentation

The author, Viktor Daněk, who met Jourová as a Brussels correspondent for Czech Radio, deals with the life of Věra Jourová from her childhood through her work in domestic and European politics to the present. The title refers to the film Larks on a Thread. The gods in the book's title represent the owners of large social networks, while the milkmen are ordinary people.

The book contains Jourová's answers to questions about politics and her private struggle with injustice. "It's a chance to indulge in such a confession in other words, because when you are in high politics, you have to value your words very much," says Jourová about the reason why she decided to publish the book.

A sincere and open confession of a strong and courageous woman about her journey from the very bottom to the highest peak. When she was led away in handcuffs and ended up behind bars, no one would have bet that in a few years she would sit in the government and then become one of the most powerful women in Europe. Time magazine ranked her among the 100 most influential people in the world. No Czech has ever managed to do that.

Věra Jourová tells the story of incredible life twists and turns. How did she manage to overcome the moments when she was at her worst and thought she could go no further? Why did she get together with Andrej Babiš and how did their paths diverge again? How does it work in Brussels and what is it like to live alone there? In the book, she unravels the behind-the-scenes of high politics and the intricacies of the European Union, describes her meetings with the most famous people in the world. She also showed fearlessness and strength when she was not afraid to stand up to the world's most powerful businessman, Elon Musk, and warned of the dangers that social networks and technological corporations pose to humanity.