Table of Contents

1. The Gathering Storm (Nathaniel Copsey and Tim Haughton).

2. State of the Union (José Manuel Barroso).

3. Re-Envisioning the European Union (Vivien A. Schmidt).

4. Corruption and Compliance in the EU’s Post-Communist Members and Candidates (Milada Anna Vachudova).

5. The Financial Turmoil and EU Policy Co-operation in 2008 (Lucia Quaglia, Robert Eastwood and Peter Holmes).

6. The Slovenian Presidency (Sabina Kajnc).

7. The French Presidency (Renaud Dehousse and Anand Menon).

8. Institutions and Governance (Desmond Dinan).

9. Greening the Internal Market in a Difficult Economic Climate (David Howarth).

10. Justice and Home Affairs (Jörg Monar).

11. Legal Developments (Michael Dougan).

12. European Union’s Relations with the Wider Europe (Richard G. Whitman and Ana E. Juncos).

13. Relations with the Rest of the World (David Allen and Michael Smith).

14. Developments in the Economies of Member States Outside the Euro Area (Debra Johnson and Colin Turner).

15. Economic Developments in the Euro Area (Amy Verdun).

16. Chronology: The European Union in 2008 (Nicola Corkin).

Index.

About the Author

Nathaniel Copsey is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Aston University, UK. Tim Haughton is Senior Lecturer in the Politics of Central and Eastern Europe at the University of Birmingham, UK.