Susannah Verney, Assistant Professor of European Integration, University of Athens.Anna Bosco, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Trieste.Marina Costa Lobo, Researcher, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon.

• 1. Flaky Fringe? Southern Europe Facing the Financial Crisis 2. The Response to the Global Financial Turmoil in Italy: ‘A Financial System that Does Not Speak English’ 3. After the Fiesta: The Spanish Economy Meets the Global Financial Crisis 4. The Return of the Greek Patient: Greece and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis 5. Back to External Pressure: Policy Responses to the Financial Crisis in Portugal 6. Wobbling but Still on its Feet: The Turkish Economy in the Global Financial Crisis 7. Cyprus in the Global Financial Crisis: How Lack of Banking Sophistication Proved an Advantage 8. Malta’s Open Economy: Weathering the Recessional Storm?

Susannah Verney, Assistant Professor of European Integration, University of Athens.Anna Bosco, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Trieste.Marina Costa Lobo, Researcher, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon.

• 1. Flaky Fringe? Southern Europe Facing the Financial Crisis 2. The Response to the Global Financial Turmoil in Italy: ‘A Financial System that Does Not Speak English’ 3. After the Fiesta: The Spanish Economy Meets the Global Financial Crisis 4. The Return of the Greek Patient: Greece and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis 5. Back to External Pressure: Policy Responses to the Financial Crisis in Portugal 6. Wobbling but Still on its Feet: The Turkish Economy in the Global Financial Crisis 7. Cyprus in the Global Financial Crisis: How Lack of Banking Sophistication Proved an Advantage 8. Malta’s Open Economy: Weathering the Recessional Storm?