Reform der Eurozone – Was wollen Brüssel, Paris und Berlin?
Ich diskutiere im Deutschlandfunk mit Udo Bullmann, Mitglied des Europaparlaments (SPD) Sven Giegold, Mitglied des Europaparlaments (Grüne) Wolf Klinz, Mitglied des Europaparlaments (FDP) Hier ist der podcast http://podc...
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The European Commission should drop its ill-designed idea of a finance minister
This opinion piece was published on Politico, La Republicca, Die Zeit, Kathimerini, and others. As always, the respective titles in the newspapers were NOT drafted by me. European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker...
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Beyond the Juncker and Schäuble visions of euro-area governance
This policy brief was first published on Bruegel.org. It is widely covered in the press. The issue Two diametrically opposed visions of the euro-area architecture have been put forward. European Commission president Jean...
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Weniger Briefe aus Brüssel
A summary of my talk at ifo institute in Süddeutsche Zeitung: SZ_Artikel_Weniger_Briefe_aus Brüssel (1) ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. The piece was nicely covered by Martin Wolf in the FT. This paper links the major divergences between the three largest euro-area countries in ...
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