Lucia Serena Rossi is Professor of European Union Law and Jean Monnet Professor at the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (Italy); Federico Casolari is Assistant Professor of International Law and Senior Lecturer of European Union Law at the Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna (Italy).

• Part I The European Union at Crossroads - General Issues on Treaties’ Revision: 1. A New Revision of the EU Treaties after Lisbon? by Lucia Serena Rossi.- 2. Parameters of Constitutional Development - The Fiscal Compact In Between EU and Member State Constitutions by Leonard F.M. Besselink.- 3. The Allocation of Powers/Competences between the EU and the Member States - What Can We Learn From Pre-emption in the United States? by Paul Luif.- 4. Solidarity, Flexibility and the Euro-Crisis - Where Do Principles Fit In? by Alison McDonnell.- 5. EU Loyalty after Lisbon - An Expectation Gap to Be Filled? by Federico Casolari.- Part II Fundamental Rights after Lisbon: 6. The Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union - A First Assessment of the Interpretation of the Charter’s Horizontal Provisions by Jean-Paul Jacqué.- 7. The Phenomenon of Reverse Discrimination - An Anomaly in the European Constitutional Order? by Peter Van Elsuwege.- 8. Access to Health Care in the Post-Lisbon Era and the Genuine Enjoyment of the EU Citizens’ Rights by Giacomo Di Federico.- Part III Revisiting the EU External Relations: 9. Revisiting the Lisbon Treaty’s Constitutional Design of EU External Relations by Jan Wouters and Thomas Ramopoulos.- 10. Coherence vs. Conferred Powers? The Case of the European External Action Service by Mauro Gatti.- 11. Article 8 TEU and the Revision of the European Neighbourhood Policy by Michele Comelli.- Part IV Conclusions: 12. Conclusions by Paolo Mengozzi.