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Table of contents 		7
Presentation 		9
Introduction. Europe and globalisation 		15
Populism and nationalism versus Europeanism 		21
A modest resurgence of social policy in a Europe threatened by persistent poverty and inequality 		33
EU economic policy in 2016. An incomplete EMU: towards a fiscal union 		41
The United States and Europe: the end of an era 		53
EU 2016: another step to being an important global power 		65
The defence policy of the European Union within the framework of a Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy 		75
The European energy union: spurning integration or business as usual? 		85
EU refugee policy in crisis 		95
Brexit: negotiating the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union 		105
Reviving the debate on political union after Brexit 		115
The Digital Agenda 		123
Recommendations 		133
Biographies 		141
Acronyms 		147