Lucas Schramm is Assistant Professor at the Geschwister Scholl Institute, the Department for Political Science at LMU Munich. Germany. He has published several peer-reviewed articles in leading academic journals including Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, and Journal of European Integration. In addition, he is the author or co-author of several chapters in handbooks and edited volumes dealing with aspects of European integration and EU politics. He is the co-author of the monograph “The European Council as a Crisis Manager: The EU’s Fiscal Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic” (with Wolfgang Wessels and Tobias Kunstein. 2022). His research has also been published in several European and national newspapers, as well as in the form of blog posts.

• Chapter 1: Crises and European integration.- Chapter 2: Outcomes of crises of European integration.- Chapter 3: Pathways of crisis outcomes.- Chapter 4: Stagnation.- Chapter 5: Adaptation.- Chapter 6: Transformation.- Chapter 7: Regression.- Chapter 8: Evaluation and conclusions.

“This outstanding book makes an invaluable addition to the burgeoning literature on the crises of the European Union. … Schramm’s book is compulsory reading for all scholars and students of EU politics and European integration. It is well conceived, thoroughly researched and lucidly argued, thereby setting a new benchmark in the field against which future contributions will likely be measured.” (Douglas Webber, International Affairs, Vol. 101 (1), 2025)