# Interviews, Uncategorised

What budget for the EU? Principles, spending priorities and the impact of Brexit

Zsolt Darvas and I were asked by the Bulgarian Presidency to write a paper on the future of the EU budget, the MFF. The paper will be published soon but here is our presentation that I presented on 9 March in Sofia at th...

9th March 2018 by Zsolt Darvas, Guntram B. Wolff 458 views

# Interviews, Uncategorised

Discussion on future of EMU in Swedish Parliament

I testified in the Swedish Parliament’s financial committee on the future of EMU and the implications for Sweden. The hearing was off-the record but my slides can be found here....

8th March 2018 by Guntram Wolff 505 views

# podcast

Euro area governance: where next

Manfred Weber, Gideon Rachmann, Maria Demertzis and myseld in a free-flowing conversation on euro area governance....

1st March 2018 by Bruegel - Sound of Economics 4511 views

# Blog

US tax reform and implications for the German coalition agreement

Major recent reform of US tax laws represents a serious challenge to Germany, highlighting several weaknesses in the country’s economy. The formation of Germany’s coalition government represents an opportunit...

7th February 2018 by Guntram Wolff 621 views

# podcast

What the German coalition agreement means for Europe

The final document on the German coalition agreement will have significant consequences for the European Union and the Eurozone. Bruegel director Guntram Wolff gives his assessment of the agreement’s key features i...

7th February 2018 by Guntram Wolff 3905 views

# Blog

Difficulties and opportunities in reallocating European Parliament seats post-Brexit

Summary: The European Parliament must carefully consider the reallocation of seats after Brexit, allowing for a potential shift in political alignment and working within parameters already agreed with Member States. Thi...

5th February 2018 by Guntram Wolff 565 views

# Interviews

European Parliament: More representative post-Brexit?

Brexit has afforded the European Parliament with the opportunity to reform – but will the current proposals for reallocating the UK’s 73 seats after 2019 fully realise that opportunity? In the latest chapter of ‘The Soun...

5th February 2018 by Sean Gibson & Giuseppe Porcaro 415 views

# Blog

Regarding your new responsibilities, Mr Centeno…

Versions of this opinion piece were published in Negocios, Politico, Kathimerini and La Repubblica. Dear Mr Eurogroup president! Congratulations, you are taking on a challenging task. Not only will you have to look after...

29th January 2018 by Guntram Wolff 645 views

# Blog

Does the European Parliament miss an opportunity to reform after Brexit?

On January 18th 2018, the European Parliament will vote on its new distribution of MEPs per Member State after Brexit. 73 MEPs are elected in the UK. These 73 seats can either be dropped or reallocated across countries o...

11th January 2018 by Robert Kalcik, Nicolas Moës, Guntram B. Wolff 2827 views

# Interviews

2018: Top Risks

What are the biggest risks to the global economy in 2018? Ed Butler of BBC hears from Ian Bremmer, Megan Greene, and myself. Comedian Colm O’Regan chips in from Dublin with his take on how the world is changing as ...

6th January 2018 by BBC World service 721 views