Introduction -- Inside economic and political factors of the crisis -- Britain : from outsider to inside-outsider and outsider again : joining late, stepping out early -- The crisis of the common currency, the euro -- The tragicomedy of the Greek debt crisis -- Europe's dangerous demography : lack of reproduction -- Suicidal enlargement of the European Union? -- The state of transforming Eastern Europe -- International factors and outside challenges -- Malaise of modern capitalism, speculative crises, unemployment and inequality -- The Russian challenge : EU's security and energy independence -- The immigration crisis and its explosive consequences -- Conclusion: further integration or disintegration? -- Index
