Nicolò Conti is Professor of Political Science at the Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Borbála Göncz is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology and Social Policy at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.José Real-Dato is Associate Professor in Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Almería, Spain.

• 1. Introduction: The Eurocrisis and National Political Elites [Nicolò Conti, Borbála Göncz and José Real-Dato] 2. A Challenged Project: The ‘Europe of Elites’ in Crisis [Heinrich Best and Lars Vogel] 3. The Influence of the Crisis on the Perceptions of EU Institutions by National Political Elites’ [José Real-Dato, Maurizio Cotta, and Juan Rodríguez-Teruel] 4. Levels of Policy Decisions: Do Elite Preferences Differ Before and After the Crisis? [György Lengyel, Bálint Lengyel and Nicolò Conti] 5. European Integration in the View of Political Elites and Citizens: An Increasing Gap? [Lars Vogel and Borbála Göncz] 6. Individuals vs. Parties: Comparing MPs’ Positions to the Positions of Their Own Parties [Marko Kukec, Bojana Kocijan and Luca Verzichelli] 7. Resilience of Pro-European Consensus among Political Elites in Crisis: "Old" and "New" EU Member States Compared [Matej Makarovič, Matevž Tomšič] 8. The Future of the EU: Between Integration and Disintegration [Francesco Marangoni and Federico Russo] 9. Conclusion [Nicolò Conti, Borbála Göncz and José Real-Dato]

Nicolò Conti is Professor of Political Science at the Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Borbála Göncz is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology and Social Policy at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.José Real-Dato is Associate Professor in Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Almería, Spain.

• 1. Introduction: The Eurocrisis and National Political Elites [Nicolò Conti, Borbála Göncz and José Real-Dato] 2. A Challenged Project: The ‘Europe of Elites’ in Crisis [Heinrich Best and Lars Vogel] 3. The Influence of the Crisis on the Perceptions of EU Institutions by National Political Elites’ [José Real-Dato, Maurizio Cotta, and Juan Rodríguez-Teruel] 4. Levels of Policy Decisions: Do Elite Preferences Differ Before and After the Crisis? [György Lengyel, Bálint Lengyel and Nicolò Conti] 5. European Integration in the View of Political Elites and Citizens: An Increasing Gap? [Lars Vogel and Borbála Göncz] 6. Individuals vs. Parties: Comparing MPs’ Positions to the Positions of Their Own Parties [Marko Kukec, Bojana Kocijan and Luca Verzichelli] 7. Resilience of Pro-European Consensus among Political Elites in Crisis: "Old" and "New" EU Member States Compared [Matej Makarovič, Matevž Tomšič] 8. The Future of the EU: Between Integration and Disintegration [Francesco Marangoni and Federico Russo] 9. Conclusion [Nicolò Conti, Borbála Göncz and José Real-Dato]

Nicolò Conti is Professor of Political Science at the Unitelma Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Borbála Göncz is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Sociology and Social Policy at the Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.José Real-Dato is Associate Professor in Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Almería, Spain.

• 1. Introduction: The Eurocrisis and National Political Elites [Nicolò Conti, Borbála Göncz and José Real-Dato] 2. A Challenged Project: The ‘Europe of Elites’ in Crisis [Heinrich Best and Lars Vogel] 3. The Influence of the Crisis on the Perceptions of EU Institutions by National Political Elites’ [José Real-Dato, Maurizio Cotta, and Juan Rodríguez-Teruel] 4. Levels of Policy Decisions: Do Elite Preferences Differ Before and After the Crisis? [György Lengyel, Bálint Lengyel and Nicolò Conti] 5. European Integration in the View of Political Elites and Citizens: An Increasing Gap? [Lars Vogel and Borbála Göncz] 6. Individuals vs. Parties: Comparing MPs’ Positions to the Positions of Their Own Parties [Marko Kukec, Bojana Kocijan and Luca Verzichelli] 7. Resilience of Pro-European Consensus among Political Elites in Crisis: "Old" and "New" EU Member States Compared [Matej Makarovič, Matevž Tomšič] 8. The Future of the EU: Between Integration and Disintegration [Francesco Marangoni and Federico Russo] 9. Conclusion [Nicolò Conti, Borbála Göncz and José Real-Dato]