Chapter 1 A Progressively Integrated European Community within the Global Economy

Chapter 2 The European Monetary Union and OCA Theories: A Common Currency Awaiting a Real Economic Union

Chapter 4 Fiscal Policies and the EU’s Governance: Only Rules and a Lack of Stabilisation Measures

Chapter 5 The Double Crisis in the Eurozone: Recession, Stagnation and High Unemployment

Chapter 6 The EU’s Policy Response: Too Little Too Late

Chapter 7 The Need for Innovative Policies and Further Integration: A Real ‘Economic and Monetary’ Union Leading to a Future Political Union?