This edited volume explores the opportunities and challenges facing the European Union in the future from different disciplines and assesses the EU's prospects across various policy areas.

1. Introduction: European Futures, Past and Present Part 1: The Future of EU Financial, Economic and Social Policies 2. The EU Capital Market: 'Carrying on' into the future? 3. European Economic Governance: Past, Present and Future 4. The Future of EU Social and Labour Market Policy: Between a European Social Union and an EU Regulatory Welfare State? Part 2: The Future of EU Environmental, Digital and Migration Policies 5. Environment and Climate 2050: Common Purpose or Constraining Dissensus? 6. Normative, Protective, Transformative Europe: Digital and Climate Meta-Policies 7. Migration and The Future of Europe Part 3: The Future of EU External Relations 8. The Future of EU Trade Policy in Turbulent Times 9. EU Foreign Affairs and the Future: Multi-level Opportunities vs. Multi-layered Risks Part 4: European Futures across Policy Areas 10. Member State Constellations and the 'Future of Europe' Debate 11. Towards a Win-Win Package Deal and More Effective Decision-making in a Union Faced with Disruptive Change 12. The Future of Europe: Alternative Scenarios 13. Conclusion: The Future of European Integration to 2050 across Scenarios and Policy Areas