# Blog

Europe must seize this moment of opportunity

This opinion piece was published on Spiegel Online, Le Monde, El Economista and Bruegel. After years of despondency, there is new and positive momentum in Europe. With the French electing Emmanuel Macron and a broad reco...

14th August 2017 by AGNÈS BÉNASSY-QUÉRÉ, MICHAEL HÜTHER, PHILIPPE MARTIN AND GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 37 views

# Blog

G20 climate commitments need to be turned into action

Members can still cooperate on sustainable energy technologies despite US bowing out. China’s approach to the “One-Belt-One-Road” investments is a crucial climate policy focus. This opinion post was als...

1st August 2017 by Guntram Wolff 269 views

# Blog

Eurozone or EU budget? Confronting a complex political question

This week’s European Commission reflection paper is the latest document to ponder a distinction between EU and euro-area budgets. But do we need to split the two, and what would each budget be used for? In this post, I p...

29th June 2017 by Guntram Wolff 700 views

# Blog

Auf die Frauen kommt es an

My op-ed in Süddeutsche Zeitung. Published in English here in various other newspapers. Die G20 hat kürzlich ihre Aufmerksamkeit auf Afrika gerichtet. Die Finanzminister der G20 Länder haben eine „Compact with Afr...

4th June 2017 by Guntram Wolff 427 views

# Blog

How export growth achieved adjustment of massive trade deficits in the euro area

The correction of several euro area countries’ external imbalances began almost 10 years ago. A number of euro area countries ran massive current account deficits in 2007/8. With 15.2% of GDP, Greece had the largest defi...

1st June 2017 by KONSTANTINOS EFSTATHIOU, GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 330 views

# Blog

How the G20 should change its approach to migration and development in Africa

Versions of this article have also been published in Capital, The Daily Telegraph, Dienas Bizness, Nikkei Asian Review, Nikkei Veritas, Süddeutsche Zeitung. The G20 has recently turned its eyes on Africa. Its fina...

1st June 2017 by Maria Demertzis, Guntram Wolff 235 views

# Blog

What could a euro-area finance minister do?

With the election of Emmanuel Macron as president of France, the idea of a euro-area treasury and finance minister is back in the limelight. The election programme of Emmanuel Macron calls for “a budget for the euro area...

17th May 2017 by Guntram Wolff 2468 views

# Interviews

What’s next for France and Europe?

A short conversation with Jean Pisani-Ferry....

11th May 2017 by Bruegel 369 views

# Blog

Brexit will change millions of lives. Our leaders must do more than posture

My latest opinion piece in The Guardian/ The Observer. Brexit negotiations have got off to a bad start: that much at least is clear. The leaking of details about May and Juncker’s dinner conversation was unhelpful. Domes...

7th May 2017 by Guntram Wolff 400 views

# Blog

Europa sinnvoll gestalten

This opinion piece was published in FAZ on Friday, 28 April, 2017. Weder gute Wachstums- und Beschäftigungszahlen noch das schlechter als erwartete Abschneiden des Populisten Geert Wilders können darüber hinwegtäu...

30th April 2017 by Guntram Wolff 342 views