Foreword ..................................................... Shen Yannan/001
Ⅰ Keynote Report
1 The Treaty of Lisbon and the Future of the European Union
....... Cheng Weidong, Xue Yanping, Zhang Jun, Qin Aihua and Zhang Lei/001
Ⅱ Special Reports
2 The European Debt Crisis and Countermeasures ................. Chen Xin/030
3 The European Welfare State under the World
Financial Crisis .......................................... Tian Dewen/041
4 An Analysis on ‘urope 2020’Strategy ....................... Zhang Min/051
5 China-Europe Relations after the Financial Crisis ......... Zhao Junjie/059
Ⅲ The European Union (EU)
6 EU Politics: Post-Crisis Phenomena and the Political
Integration Process ........................................ Zhao Chen/068
7 EU Economy: Slow Recovery and the Fiscal
Consolidation Policy ......................................... Wang He/076
8 EU Legal Development: A Brief Introduction to
the Secondary Legislation and Case Law ................. Cheng Weidong/086
9 EU Social Situations: Combating Poverty and
Social Exclusion ........................................ Guo Lingfeng/101
10 EU Science and Technology: Low-Carbon Economy and
Technological Innovations .................................. Zhang Min/117
11 EU External Relations: Coping with the Crisis and
Strategic Eastward Expansion .............................. Liu Zuokui/126
Ⅳ Regions and States
12 UK, Ireland ............................................... Li Jingkun/138
13 France .................................................... Peng Shuyi/154
14 Germany ................................................... Yang Xiepu/166
15 Italy ..................................................... Luo Hongbo/177
16 Spain, Portugal ............................................ Zhang Min/187
17 Greece, Cyprus, Malta ................................... Song Xiaomin/197
18 The Benelux Countries .................................. Zhang Jinling/214
19 Austria, Switzerland ..................................... Sun Yingwei/226
20 The Nordic Countries ....................................... Qin Aihua/239
21 The Middle European Countries ................................ Fu Cong/247
22 The Baltic Countries ................................. Zheng Guangguan/258
23 The East Balkan Countries ................................. Jia Ruixia/270
24 The West Balkan Countries ................................. Liu Zuokui/281
Ⅴ Data and Statistics
25 Data and Statistics .................................... Qian Xiaoping/292
26 Events of the Year (Nov. 2009-Oct. 2010) ..................... Mou Wei/318
27 Afterword ................................................ Shen Yannan/331
As a result of the nearly 10 year reforms and constitutionalisation, the Treaty of Lisbon has laid down a new foundation for furthering the European integration. This report analyzes the impacts of the Treaty of Lisbon on the EU’s future from the perspectives of politics, economy, external relations and science and technology. In general, the Treaty has essentially achieved the objectives defined by the Laeken Declaration, having provided a stable framework of the institutions and mechanisms for the near future of the European Union, from which the European integration will be greatly benefited. However, the Treaty itself has not solved all the issues fundamental to the European integration process and it still remains unanswered what will be the final destination of the European integration.