# 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 263 views

# Interviews

Non si poteva più aspettare l’inflazione non è passeggera ma ora Roma sia responsabile

My interview in La Stampa(pdf) on the ECB and its dilemma...

17th June 2022 by Guntram Wolff 204 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 261 views

# podcast

Growth for good?

Can economic growth be a force for good and help in the fight against climate change?Guntram Wolff invites Bruegel veteran Alessio Terzi to talk about his recently published book ‘Growth for good’, which l...

17th June 2022 by Guntram Wolff 152 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 1526 views

# Interviews

Drei Monate Krieg gegen die Ukraine – Wie hat es die EU verändert?

Die Diskussion im Deutschlandfunk Mit @ViolavonCramon @HoffHenning @MoritzKoch78 @GuntramWolff Hier zum Nachhören: LINK...

27th May 2022 by Guntram Wolff 175 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 927 views

# Interviews

Die Welt ist süchtig nach Öl und Gas – das spielt Putin in die Karten

Mein Interview im Spiegel...

5th May 2022 by Guntram Wolff 257 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 1022 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 1251 views