PART I THE EU'S RESPONSES AND ACTIVITIES 1. Changes in the General European Legal Framework Isabelle Schomann 2. A New Economic Governance through Secondary Legislation? Analysis and Constitutional Assessment: From New Constitutionalism, via Authoritarian Constitutionalism to Progressive Constitutionalism Lukas Oberndorfer 3. Competencies of the Troika: Legal Limitations of the Institutions of the European Union Andreas Fischer-Lescano 4. Social Policy, Economic Governance and EMU: Alternatives to Austerity Simon Deakin PART II COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND TRADE UNION RIGHTS IN DANGER 5. Austerity Measures, Democracy and Social Policy in the EU Bruno Veneziani 6. Collective Action Against Austerity Measures Filip Dorssemont 7. Decentralisation of Labour Law Standard Setting and the Financial Crisis Antoine Jacobs PART III EVALUATION OF THE EU'S RESPONSES AND ACTIVITIES 8. Evaluation of EU Responses to the Crisis with Reference to Primary Legislation (European Union Treaties and Charter of Fundamental Rights) Melanie Schmitt 9. Legal and Judicial International Avenues: The ILO Niklas Bruun 10. Legal and Judicial International Avenues: The (Revised) European Social Charter Klaus Lorcher 11. International Litigation Possibilities in European Collective Labour Law: ECHR Keith Ewing and John Hendy QC PART IV CONCLUSIONS Conclusions Niklas Bruun, Klaus Lorcher, Isabelle Schomann.