What does the economic and financial crisis mean for the future of European integration? This book brings together scholars whose diverse research expertise contributes to an improved theoretical and empirical understanding of how the Euro crisis has affected EU policies, institutions and citizens.

This book was published a sa special issue of the Journal of European Integration.

1. The EU in Crisis: Advancing the Debate 2. The Unexpected Winner of the Crisis: The European Commission's Strengthened Role in Economic Governance 3. The Impact of the Euro Crisis on Citizens' Support for the European Union 4. 'We No Longer Love You, But We Don't Want To Leave You': The Eurozone Crisis and Popular Euroscepticism in Greece 5. Politicizing Europe in Hard Times: Conflicts over Europe in France in a Long-term Perspective, 1974-2012 6. 'Beggars can't be Choosers': The European Crisis and Chinese Direct Investment in the European Union 7. Crisis and Citizens' Trust in the European Central Bank - Panel Data Evidence for the Euro Area, 1999-2012 8. European Integration in the Euro Crisis: The Limits of Postfunctionalism

Jale Tosun holds a PhD in Social Science from the University of Konstanz. She is currently an Assistant Professor of International and Comparative Political Economy at the University of Heidelberg.

Anne Wetzel received her PhD at ETH Zurich and is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES).

Galina Zapryanova holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh and is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the MZES.