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# Publications

Capital Markets Union and the fintech opportunity

The paper was prepared for and presented at the informal ECOFIN in Tallinn, Estonia, on 15 September 2017. The paper is available here. Complementing Europe’s bank-based system with deeper capital markets and more...

14th September 2017 by Maria Demertzis, Silvia Merler, Guntram B. Wolff 188 views

# Blog

How has banking union changed mergers and acquistions?

This piece was published by Bruegel. The aim of the banking union was to break the toxic link between banks and states. One way of achieving this is by increasing cross border banking through mergers and acquisitions. Th...

13th September 2017 by Guntram Wolff 171 views

# Blog

It is official – Brexit is boring

My latest piece in the Guardian. It is official: Brexit is boring – at least on the continent. As the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, delivered his “state of the union” address on Wednesday, setting t...

13th September 2017 by Guntram Wolff 171 views

# 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 224 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 352 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 796 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 551 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 414 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 336 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 2563 views