# 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 1821 views

# Interviews

What’s next for France and Europe?

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

11th May 2017 by Bruegel 158 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 182 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 107 views

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# Publications

The global decline in the labour income share: is capital the answer to Germany’s current account surplus?

This policy contribution was published by Bruegel. Please find the pdf here. This paper links the major divergences between the three largest euro-area countries in terms of unit labour costs and current accounts, to the...

26th April 2017 by Bennet Berger, Guntram Wolff 181 views

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# Publications

Europe’s role in North Africa: development, investment and migration

Paper prepared for, and presented at, the informal ECOFIN meeting of EU finance ministers in Malta on 8 April 2017. The paper is available here. Executive summary Africa’s population is projected to reach almost 2.5 bill...

8th April 2017 by Uri Dadush, Maria Demertzis, Guntram Wolff 343 views

# Blog

What future for Europe?

The Commission’s White Paper on the future of the EU sets out five scenarios, but misses some of the fundamental questions facing Europe. How should the EU interact with its neighbourhood? How can we manage the ten...

17th March 2017 by Guntram Wolff 589 views

# Blog

Europe should lead the way with multilateralism

This opinion piece was published by Nikkei Veritas, Nikkei, Il Sole 24 Ore, and other newspapers. The U.S. and Europe are more than allies. They share a long-standing and multifaceted partnership. And the future of U.S.-...

12th March 2017 by Guntram Wolff 421 views

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# Publications

Europe in a new world order

This policy brief was first published on Bruegel. The pdf is available here. The issue The United States is the European Union’s most important trade and bilateral investment partner, which has, until now, supported a mu...

17th February 2017 by Maria Demertzis, André Sapir, Guntram B. Wolff 489 views

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# Publications

Making the best of the European single market

Now more than ever, the EU needs to address concerns about the significant decline in productivity growth and the increasing perception of unfairness. Completing the single market would unlock the EU’s growth poten...

2nd February 2017 by Vincent Aussilloux, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Clemens Fuest, Guntram Wolff 410 views