The new book The Unhappy State of the Union: Europe Needs a New Grand Bargain authored by Professor Loukas Tsoukalis, professor of European integration at the University of Athens and president of ELIAMEP, has been published by the Policy Network. In this pamphlet, Tsoukalis presents the case for a new grand bargain to rescue the European project; he presents a critical overview of where the EU stands on the eve of its crucial parliamentary elections, how it got there and what is to be done to turn around the unhappy and precarious state of the Union.

The pamphlet is published in partnership with 5 major European think tanks: Notre Europe (France), Bertelsmann Stiftung (Germany), ELIAMEP (Greece), Istituto Affari Internazionali (Italy) and Elcano Royal Institute (Spain). Translated versions will be disseminated in all six languages.