Crisis appears to be the new normal for the European Union. Indeed, just when it seemed the European Union had weathered the storms which have been battering it, a new set of acute challenges associated with the crisis in Greece and the large numbers of migrants and refugees have provoked a new sense of malaise. Moreover, although the acute challenges of the single currency and migration have dominated the headlines, we should not forget the deeper chronic challenges facing the EU. This panel brings together leading scholars of the European Union from both sides of the Atlantic to assess the current state of the EU and to suggest some possible solutions to the challenges. Building on their contributions to the Journal of Common Market Studies Annual Review of the European Union, panellists will focus not just on the Eurozone crisis, possible Brexit (and its implications) and institutional change, but on broader questions linked to identity, solidarity and the type of economic policy prescriptions required to tackle the sticky economic problems of competitiveness, reducing unemployment and promoting growth. Furthermore, some contributions to the panel will not just engage in introspection, but also look at the EU’s relations with the rest of the world in a rapidly developing environment where new threats have emerged in recent years.