Among the key issues explored are the
· Onset, evolution, and ramifications of the euro crisis from the perspective of three countries especially hard hit—Greece, Italy, and Spain.
· Concerns, priorities, and issues in France and Germany, the couple that has so far always driven European integration.
· Effects and lessons in two key policy areas: banking union and social policies.
The volume concludes with a possible renewed vision for the EU in the 2020s, including much greater political integration but where some countries may keep their national currencies and share less of their sovereignty. It is a vision of two Europes within one, ready for the twenty-first century.