# Blog, Interviews

Planen außerhalb der deutschen Komfortzone

Gastbeitrag in der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung. In Deutschland wurde die Gefahr nicht erkannt, die von Russland für Frieden in Europa und die wirtschaftliche Stabilität in Deutschland ausgeht. Das muss sich ändern &#...

30th September 2022 by Moritz Schularick, Guntram Wolff, Cornelia Woll 129 views

# Blog, Interviews

Germany’s Fear of Russian Gas Squeeze is Misplaced

My Financial Times letter. The Ukrainian economist Oleg Ustenko is right in highlighting that energy sanctions against Russia are not working. What is worse, they may have even helped fill Putin’s coffers. Russia is the ...

10th August 2022 by Guntram Wolff 1338 views

# Blog, Interviews

Scorching summers are becoming the new normal. Can Europe prepare itself?

This oped was published in Die Zeit , El Pais , Le Monde , La Stampa , As global average temperatures continue to rise beyond the current 1.2°C above pre-industrial averages, Europe is likely to warm even faster. Summer ...

18th July 2022 by Klaas Lenaerts, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 1013 views

# podcast

A decade of economic policy

As his time as Bruegel Director comes to an end, Guntram Wolff sits down with Giuseppe Porcaro to discuss the highs, lows and shifts of economic policy in Europe over the past decade and Bruegel’s con...

30th June 2022 by Guntram Wolff 245 views

# Publications

How can the European Union adapt to climate change?

Europe must increasingly deal with the harmful impacts of climate change, regardless of its success in reducing emissions. These impacts have significant cross-border effects and threaten to deepen existing divisions. Co...

29th June 2022 by Klaas Lenaerts, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 218 views

# podcast

War in Ukraine: Ukraine’s place in the EU

Should Ukraine’s accession to the EU be facilitated?In this episode of the Sound of Economics Live, Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff hosts Ľubica Karvašová (Prime Minister’s office Slovakia),&nbsp...

17th June 2022 by Guntram Wolff 215 views

# Blog, Interviews

Beyond the G7 pledges, Ukraine needs external financial assistance now

This oped is published in a number of European newspapers such as El Pais, Corriere, FAZ, Le Monde, Postimees.ee, Voice of Ukraine The assistance to Ukraine has been dominated by weapon deliveries and military suppo...

31st May 2022 by Gabriel Felbermayer, Arancha Gonzalez, Moritz Schularick, Shahin Vallee, Guntram Wolff 1481 views

# Blog, Interviews

For Europe, a gradual oil embargo is not the way to go

Our op-ed on Politico The European Commission’s plan to target Russian oil in its latest sanctions package aims to ramp up the pressure on Moscow. Oil is a major source of hard currency for Russia, and since the introduc...

9th May 2022 by Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 888 views

# Blog

A phase out of Russian oil may be less effective than a tariff at reducing Putin’s rents

A punitive tariff on all energy imports from Russia would be a better choice than a gradually phased-in embargo on selected fuels. The European Union’s plan to target Russian oil in the context of its latest sanctions pa...

4th May 2022 by Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 977 views

# Blog, Interviews

A tariff on imports of fossil fuel from Russia

Read the full opinion as published in Welt and Rzeczpospolita. Following the Russian attack on Ukraine, major sanctions have been imposed, most notably with the aim of limiting Russia’s access to hard international curre...

4th May 2022 by Guntram Wolff, Georg Zachmann 1202 views