Foreword ..................................................... Shen Yannan/001
Keynote Report
Europe in Global Financial Crisis .. Research Group for the Keynote Report/001
The Europe Union (EU)
EU Political Development: Election of European Parliament
and Start of Lisbon Treaty ................................. Zhao Chen/033
EU Economic Development: Deep Recession and
Digital European Project ..................................... Wang He/043
EU Social Development: Empolyment Crisis
and Social Solidarity ................................... Guo Lingfeng/054
EU Legal Development: Legal Guarantee and Others Taken
for Approval of Lisbon Treaty .......................... Cheng Weidong/065
EU External Relations Development: Policy Coordination
during the Crisis ....................................... Fan Yongpeng/080
Special Reports
Progress of the EU’s Policy towards Climate Change .............. Fu Cong/090
EU-US Relations since Obama Came to Power ...... Wang Zhenhua, Xue Yanping/104
China-EU Relations ........................................... Zhao Junjie/115
Regions and Nations
UK and Ireland ................................................ Li Jingkun/127
France ........................................................ Ma Shengli/145
Germany ...................................................... Sun Yingwei/157
Italy ......................................................... Luo Hongbo/169
Spain and Portugal ............................................. Zhang Min/181
Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg ................................ Mo Wei/192
Austria and Switzerland ...................................... Sun Yingwei/200
Nordic Countries ............................................... Qin Aihua/213
Central and Eastern European Countries ......................... Chen Yali/222
Balkan States ................................................. Liu Zuokui/235
Data and Statistics
Data and Statistics ........................................ Qian Xiaoping/245
Events of the Year ( Nov. 2008-Oct. 2009 ) ....................... Mou Wei/267
Afterword .................................................... Shen Yannan/291
The topic of this book is “the European that under the impact of world financial crisis”. It is introduced the politics, economy, diplomacy and society of every country in Europe with a systemic and elaborate way.