1. The EU’s current crisis and its policy effects: Research design and comparative findings Gerda Falkner 2. Public finances in Europe: Fortifying EU economic governance in the shadow of crisis Brigid Laffan and Pierre Schlosser 3. Financial market regulation: Crisis-induced supranationalization Zdenek Kudrna 4. Competition policy: Safeguarding the Commission’s competences in state aid control Marco Botta 5. EU trade policy: Persistent liberalization, contentious protectionism Yelter Bollen, Ferdi De Ville & Jan Orbie 6. Health policy and health systems: A growing relevance for the EU in the context of the economic crisis Maria Eva Földes 7. Asylum policy: the EU΄s `crises΄ and the looming policy regime failure Florian Trauner 8. Research and innovation as sources of renewed growth? EU policy responses to the crisis Inga Ulnicane 9. Energy and climate policy: Does the competitiveness narrative prevail in times of crisis? Peter Slominski 10. EU foreign policy: No major breakthrough despite multiple crises Patrick Müller