# Blog, Interviews

Increasing the global capacity for essential medical supplies: Europe remains key

Versions of this piece were originally published in Caixin, Capital.bg, El País, Rzeczpospolita, Il Sole 24 Ore, Le Grand Continent, Helsingi Suomat, Nikkei Veritas. The COVID-19 pandemic is nowhere near its end at a glo...

22nd July 2021 by Anne Bucher, Guntram Wolff 57 views

# podcast

A fitting plan for the European Green Deal?

On 14 July, the European Commission finally announced a large package of measures that will make the EU the first mover in the race limit global warming, with measures targeting all sectors in a deepening and broadening ...

15th July 2021 by Guntram Wolff 133 views

# podcast

What should public spending look like?

Here’s what’s clear: public spending is on the rise. Public expenditure ratios have quadrupled since 1870, and increased even more in the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Is that good or bad? What does responsible public spendi...

14th July 2021 by Guntram Wolff 51 views

# Publications

A global deal for our pandemic age

Report of the G20 High Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response The report can be downloaded here: www.pandemic-financing.org...

# Blog

The Conference on the Future of Europe: vehicle for reform versus forum for reflection?

The approach of the European Union’s institutions to the Conference on the Future of Europe is muddled, with risks for the outcome. The European Union after several delays opened the Conference on the Future of Eu...

15th June 2021 by SERGIO FABBRINI, JOHN ERIK FOSSUM, MAGDALENA GÓRA AND GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 948 views

# Interviews

On Bloomberg previewing G-7 meeting

Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff speaks to Bloomberg’s Alix Steel and Guy Johnson about COVID-19, climate change, China and other topics he expects to be covered at the G-7 Meeting in Cornwall on “Bloomberg Mar...

12th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 175 views

# Blog

Inflation!? Germany, the euro area and the European Central Bank

my latest post is here:...

9th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 957 views

# podcast

Belarus: a test for Europe’s foreign policy?

The forced landing of an internal EU flight is just the latest development in the President of Belarus’ efforts to cling to power. The recent forced landing of an internal EU flight to arrest opposition activist Roman Pr...

4th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 168 views

# Publications

Digital European Economic Sovereignty? The Case of Semiconductors

Study prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). The notion of European ‘strategic sovereignty’ is increasingly important in debates about the European Union. Given rapidly shifting...

28th May 2021 by NICLAS POITIERS, PAULINE WEIL AND GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 209 views

# Publications

Conference on the future of Europe: vehicle for reform or forum for reflection?

In the absence of an explicit decision or prioritisation for the Conference on the future of Europe, political dynamics will decide its outcome. The reputational damage for the EU could be significant if both sides of th...

28th May 2021 by Sergio Fabbrini, John Erik Fossum, Magdalena Góra and Guntram Wolff 222 views