The EU's limited fiscal capacity has proven to be the most critical constraint in responding to the global financial crisis in a coordinated manner. The EU does not have enough resources to rescue the troubled financial institutions and member states. This leads to a nationalization of rescue...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the various challenges facing European integration and the EU institutional architecture as result of the global financial crisis. The European integration process is not yet complete, both in terms of its content and geographical coverage. It can be...

The Economic Crisis and European Integration Edited by Wim Meeusen Professor of Economics, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA Contents List of Contributors vii 1. Introduction and Outline ...