# Blog, Interviews

Why has the EU been so slow to roll out a Covid vaccination programme?

This opinion piece was originally published on El País and the Guardian and Süddeutsche Zeitung Europe was not prepared for the pandemic, but it must now learn lessons and use all its financial and political resources. F...

29th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1580 views

# podcast

Where did the vaccine strategy go wrong?

One year since the pandemic began, widespread vaccination has finally started. It would be a mistake however to say the end is in sight. Senior fellows Uri Dadush and J. Scott Marcus join Bruegel director Guntram Wolff t...

20th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 738 views

# Blog

What do vaccination passports mean for Europe?

To the extent that vaccination against COVID-19 stops individuals infecting others, restrictions on vaccinated individuals’ rights should be lifted: fundamental freedoms should not be limited unnecessarily. Nevertheless,...

20th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1328 views

# Interviews

Bloomberg interview on the risks of a delayed vaccination campaign in Europe and on the CDU chairmanship election

interview in minute 28 and later…....

19th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 675 views

# Interviews

Wolff: “I tormenti italiani possono compromettere il rilancio di tutta l’Europa”

My interview for La Repubblica in which I discuss the EU recovery fund, fiscal rules and what it means for Italy....

15th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 631 views

# podcast

Green transformation: a Polish perspective

In conversation with Michał Kurtyka, the Minister of Climate and Environment of Poland. Poland is sometimes characterised as the black sheep of EU climate policy: in 2019, more than 70 percent of the country’s electricit...

13th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 723 views

# Interviews

Brexit deal und EU-China Investitionsabkommen: Klimaschutz ok?

Mein Interview im Deutschlandfunk Link...

11th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 714 views

# Blog

Corporate insolvencies during COVID-19: keeping calm before the storm

This piece is also published in German on Makronom. Historically, economic downturns are associated with increases in business insolvencies. Figure 1 shows that during the Great Financial Crisis, insolvencies increased, ...

11th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 950 views

# Interviews

Bloomberg TV on vaccination roll out and German election

5th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1184 views

# Publications

The EU’s non-members – Key principles, underlying logics and types of affiliation

A bigger report to which I contributed on differentiated integration can be found here: r-1-20-fossum-et-al....

4th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 947 views