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The year 2017 was eventful for the EU and its member states. Given the widespread Euroscepticism and populism which appeared to be on the rise last year, election results in the Netherlands, France and Germany were greeted with relief and hope for the future. The EU was in an optimistic mood. European Commission President Jean- Claude Juncker used his State of the European Union speech in September to note that the EU had the 'wind in its sails' (Juncker, 2017). At the same time, he cautioned that the fair weather conditions would not last long - there was no room for complacency. The EU had to act to protect, empower and defend its citizens. The EU moved forward on a number of policy fronts in the wake of the Brexit vote and also concluded high-profile international trade deals in an effort to fill the vacuum left by the protectionist policies of the Trump administration.

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This article provides an overview of cases decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning contract law. The present issue covers the period between the beginning of July 2019 and the end of December 2019.

Cover -- Summary of Contents -- Contents -- List of Boxes, Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Preface -- 1 A Multi-dimensional Crisis -- Introduction -- The Multi-dimensional Nature of the Crisis -- Origins of the Crisis -- Implications of the Crisis for the EU System -- Supplying Solutions -- Conclusions -- References -- 2 Crises in EU History -- Introduction -- Myth and Reality of the Founding Story -- From the European Defence Community to the European Economic Community -- The Crises of the 1960s -- Economic and Financial Crises Before the Single European Act -- From Maastricht to Lisbon -- Many Crises, Few Opportunities -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 The Political Economy Context of EU Crises -- Introduction -- The European Capitalist-Democratic Compact -- The Compact Unravelled: Three Dilemmas and Three Processes -- Conclusions -- References -- 4 Playing for High Stakes: The Eurozone Crisis -- Introduction -- A Multi-dimensional and Mutating Crisis -- Why the Eurozone Crisis is an Existential Threat -- Burden-Sharing in Monetary Union: A Historical Perspective on the Eurozone Crisis -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 The UK: Membership in Crisis -- Introduction -- Crisis Point -- Avoiding Crisis through Exceptionalism -- Heading Towards Crisis: Mounting Pressure for a ­Referendum on EU Membership -- Resolving the Crisis: Renegotiation and Referendum -- Crisis Begetting Crisis and Chaos -- And for the EU? -- Conclusions -- References -- 6 The European Migration Crisis -- Introduction -- Anatomy of the Migration Crisis -- Asylum Law and Immigration Policy in the EU -- Member States and the Migration Crisis -- Implementing the European Commission's Agenda on Migration -- Conclusions: The Wider Implications of, and the Prospects for, Inward EU Migration -- References.