1. Analytical dialectics, rationality, trust; 2. Law as credibility: basic traits; 3. The eurozone: access, exit and expel – revisited; 4. The ECB and the European monetary policy; 5. The European framework of financial regulation and supervision: towards a banking union; 6. The stability and growth pact before the crisis; 7. The stability and growth pact under the crisis – and beyond; 8. European Union bail-outs (I): general aspects; 9. European Union bail-outs (II): bail-outs to member states and MOUS; 10. The European Union economic strategy.