# Blog

Providing funding in resolution: Unfinished business even after Eurogroup agreement on EMU reform

The recent Eurogroup agreement on euro-area reform foresees a greater role for the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) as a backstop to the banking union. This is a welcome step forward but important issues remain. We ass...

11th December 2018 by Maria Demertzis, Guntram Wolff 1284 views

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# Publications

How to provide liquidity to banks after resolution in Europe’s banking union

Banks deemed to be failing or likely to fail in the banking union are either put into insolvency/liquidation or enter a resolution scheme to protect the public interest. After resolution but before full market confidence...

22nd November 2018 by MARIA DEMERTZIS, INÊS GONCALVES RAPOSO, PIA HÜTTL AND GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 1235 views

# Blog

Europe needs a broader discussion of its future

The important Franco-German paper leaves aside some of the most crucial issues for the future of Europe’s monetary union: European public goods, a proper fiscal stance and major national reforms. Its compromise on sovere...

6th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 909 views

# Interviews

Weniger Briefe aus Brüssel

A summary of my talk at ifo institute in Süddeutsche Zeitung: SZ_Artikel_Weniger_Briefe_aus Brüssel (1) ...

24th October 2017 by ifo 618 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 INÊS GONCALVES RAPOSO, Guntram B WOLFF 1145 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 1280 views

# Blog

Testimony on European Deposit Insurance System

I gave a presentation to the European Parliament’s ECON committee on European deposit insurance. Below is a summary of the main points I made, also published on Bruegel. It is welcome that the European Union and th...

23rd May 2016 by Guntram Wolff 1356 views

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# Publications

One market, two monies: the European Union and the United Kingdom

The issue Access to the single market is one of the core benefits of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union. A vote to leave the EU would trigger difficult negotiations on continued access to that market. ...

28th January 2016 by André Sapir, Guntram B. Wolff 1831 views

# Blog

Getting eurozone deposit insurance right promises benefits

This opinion piece was originally published in in The Banker, Caixin, Caixin in Chinese, Die Zeit, Finance, El Economista, and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. The German version is available on this blog. The European Co...

7th January 2016 by Guntram Wolff 1431 views

# Blog

Europäische Einlagensicherung: Deutschland würde profitieren

Wer ernsthaft die Bankenunion will, kommt um die EU-weite Sicherung der Sparguthaben nicht herum. Es braucht Obergrenzen, wie viele Staatsanleihen Banken halten sollen. This article was originally published in Die Zeit, ...

25th November 2015 by Guntram Wolff 1776 views