‘When in a hole, keep digging’. How the EUCO system process managed its way to an energy price cap  ​tandf: Journal of European Public Policy: Table of Contents Sandrino Smeets Institute for Management Research, Radboud University, Nijmegen, NetherlandsSandrino Smeets is associate professor at the Institute for Management Research at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. His research focuses on EU institutions and major crises and policy reforms.