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EUROPEAN POLITEIAEuropean Politeia, 2/2015 In the second issue of the European Politeia for 2015, the focus is once againon the enduringGreek debt crisis,which has beenexacerbated byan unconsideredimplementation ofausterity measurescombined with failed efforts to alleviate burdens of state and society and with a political instability that further hinders any idea of investment in the Greek economy.The issue addresses particular aspects of legal, economic and political practice while tackling broader issues likely to shed light on underlying factors of the crisis as a prerequisite of any effective remedy. In the process, we get a better understanding of the European governance under which we are bound to live.The section “Praxis” of the present issue of the Journal contains an account which illustrates the reaction of the judiciary to the avalanche of the economic and legislative measures which were taken in the context of the EFSF assistance program for Greece.A short overview of the “crisis jurisprudence” of the Greek Council of State aiming particularly at setting out the extent of the judicial application of constitutionalprinciples in times of crisis - a crisis that is not only a crisis of the economy, but also a crisis of the law and of the legal institutions known so far -, is rst presented.Apart from that, the issue at hand features contributions spanning a diverse range of legal and political questions with a special focus on the Greek crisis and its effects.The ways in which the Greek case illustrates the interaction of the parliamentary democracy of the Member States andthe democracy between States on a transnational level, particularly betweenthe States that comprise the Eurozone,are presented. Another paper focuses onthe stance of the national and international judiciary towards the question of infringement of fundamental rights by the governmental austerity measures during the Greek crisis under the light of the similar concepts of “state of emergency” and “necessity”, thereby addressing the issue of therelation between politics/governance andthe law. Next, the academic debate on the interpretation of Article 125 TFEU both from the standpoint of the CJEU and that of the Bundesverfassungsgericht is presented.The enhancement of a legal frame of scal consolidation after the adoption of the “Two Pack” (Regulations 472/2013 and 473/2013) taking a critical approach to various attempts undertaken to determine a model of conduct for Member States, related to both their power to design national tax legislation and their right to levy funds by recourse to loans, is then addressed.PUBLICATIONS144 ACTIVITY REPORT 2016