# podcast

How does Italy’s budget fit with EU fiscal rules?

In this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’, Guntram Wolff welcomes Bruegel research fellow Grégory Claeys to assess how the new Italian budget proposals measure up against the existing EU fiscal rules. Italy’s ne...

9th October 2018 by Guntram Wolff 574 views

# podcast

The Italian government budget proposal for 2019

Guntram Wolff welcomes Bruegel affiliate fellow Silvia Merler to evaluate the Italian government’s planned budget for 2019, in this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ Six months after its election, Italy’s coalit...

28th September 2018 by Guntram Wolff 621 views

# Blog

Making Italy grow again

This opinion piece was published in Corriere Della Sera and Bruegel. The coalition agreement signed in May between the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the League foresees new large spending items – most notably the flat tax...

26th June 2018 by Simone Tagliapietra, Alessio Terzi, Guntram B Wolff 601 views

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Central banking and the problem of unelected power

Paul Tucker, former deputy governor of the Bank of England, joins me to discuss the thesis of his new book, as well as the current tensions within current models of central banking governance. We discuss whether the ECB ...

5th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 776 views

# Blog

Trägt Deutschland eine Mitschuld an Italiens Krise?

Dieser Text wurde zuerst von der Zeit veröffentlicht. “Italien hat mal wieder eine Krise – aber mit uns hat das Ganze nichts zu tun”: So lautet der fast einstimmige Tenor vieler Diskussionen zu den dramatisch...

5th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 437 views

# Interviews

further interviews on Italy

In ZDF heute journal of 30/05/2018 ...

30th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 294 views

# Interviews

Il costo del Contratto lo pagano gli italiani

My interview in La Stampa is here....

25th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 317 views

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What risk does Italy’s new government pose to the euro area?

I discuss here with Francesco Papadia, Bruegel senior fellow, the situation in Italy. The coalition agreement between Italy’s Five Star Movement and the League puts the country’s new government on a potential collision c...

24th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 665 views

# Blog

Europe needs a strong Italy

This opinion piece was published in La Republicca. Summary: Europe needs to have its Italian voice. A stable government is not only needed to pursue the domestic policies and remain fiscally prudent but also to negotiate...

20th March 2018 by Guntram Wolff 523 views

# Interviews

Comments on what is and should be next in Italy

My interview in IlSole24 My interview in Avvenire My interview in Swiss radio ...

10th March 2018 by Guntram Wolff 372 views