# Blog

What do vaccination passports mean for Europe?

To the extent that vaccination against COVID-19 stops individuals infecting others, restrictions on vaccinated individuals’ rights should be lifted: fundamental freedoms should not be limited unnecessarily. Nevertheless,...

20th January 2021 by Jeanrenaud, L., M. Mariniello, G. Wolff 145 views

# Blog

Corporate insolvencies during COVID-19: keeping calm before the storm

This piece is also published in German on Makronom. Historically, economic downturns are associated with increases in business insolvencies. Figure 1 shows that during the Great Financial Crisis, insolvencies increased, ...

11th January 2021 by G. Claeys, M. Hoffmann and G. Wolff 192 views

# Publications

The EU’s non-members – Key principles, underlying logics and types of affiliation

A bigger report to which I contributed on differentiated integration can be found here: r-1-20-fossum-et-al....

4th January 2021 by John Erik Fossum Monica Garcia Quesada Tiziano Zgaga with contributions from Guntram B. Wolff 110 views

# podcast

The year that tested us all

An overview of economic policy and beyond in 2020 As the year draws to a close, Giuseppe Porcaro invites Maria Demertzis, André Sapir and Guntram Wolff to review this eventful year in economic policy and beyond. The gues...

22nd December 2020 by Guntram Wolff 141 views

# Blog, Interviews

2021: The Year of the EU Recovery Fund

This is part of BRINK’s leadership series, in which we invited a few CEOs and leaders to reflect on the year that just passed and what lies ahead. BrinkNews Link 2020 has been a year of both record-breaking shock and dec...

22nd December 2020 by Guntram Wolff 344 views

# Blog, Interviews

Europe should promote a Climate Club after the US elections

This opinion is forthcoming in Handelsblatt, Corriere, El Pais, Helsingin Sanomat, Nikkei Veritas and other outlets. Time has come for Europe, the US and possibly China to create a global “Climate Club”. Global greenhous...

10th December 2020 by Guntram Wolff 550 views

# Blog

The scarring effect of COVID-19: youth unemployment in Europe

Even before the pandemic, youth unemployment in the European Union was three times higher than among the over-55s. COVID-19 threatens to undo the last decade of progress: policymakers must act to avoid Europe’s youth suf...

2nd December 2020 by Monika Grzegorczyk, Guntram Wolff 393 views

# podcast

Sizing up the world’s largest trade deal

What should be Europe’s strategy towards the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP)? On November 15 2020, the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Australia, China, Japan, Ne...

22nd November 2020 by Guntram Wolff 240 views

# podcast

The big brother is back?

I sat down with Esther de Lange, Vice Chair of the EPP group in the European Parliament to discuss the US elections and what they mean for the EU’s role in the world. With a Biden administration, there might be a d...

13th November 2020 by Guntram Wolff 260 views

# Blog, Interviews

Europe can’t afford to lose another generation to youth unemployment

my oped in The Guardian , El Pais , Die Zeit , Domani.it , LeMonde ...

12th November 2020 by Guntram Wolff 460 views