The monograph analyzes influence of the world financial and economic crisis on the present condition and future prospects of the European integration as well as on EU countries' positions on these issues. Special attention is attracted to elaboration of an EU anti crisis strategy, in particular to the possibility of stimulating qualitatively new projects in deepening of the European integration and EU institutions' reform. This edition is intended for researches, teachers, students, post-graduates, as well as for the broader range of audience interested in current tendencies in European political research of IMEMO RAN. Contributors of this collective monograph are research-fellows of the Department of European Policy Studies of the Institute of the World Economy and International Relations of Russian Academy of Sciences.