# podcast

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 2196 views

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# Publications

EU funds for migration, asylum and integration policies

The European Union significantly increased its funding for migration, asylum and integration policies in the wake of the increased inflow of asylum seekers in 2015. This study provides an overview, an analysis and an eva...

23rd May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2071 views

# Blog

Germany’s Government Still Has an Allergy to Investing

The new coalition budget looks a lot like the old German coalition budget. My Bloomberg View column is here....

14th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1614 views

# Blog

Germany’s current account surplus and corporate investment

Following the 1990s post-reunification period and since the beginning of monetary union, Germany’s current account has grown substantially. In the crisis years, Germany’s lost about 15 percentage points of GDP in i...

10th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1644 views

# podcast

EU policy priorities towards Capital Markets Union

The deepening and enlargement of Europe’s capital markets has long been a policy target for the EU – indeed, it is a flagship priority of the current Commission. Many legislative proposals have been forwarded, and there ...

8th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 7621 views

# Blog

Europe needs a broader discussion of its future

The important Franco-German paper leaves aside some of the most crucial issues for the future of Europe’s monetary union: European public goods, a proper fiscal stance and major national reforms. Its compromise on sovere...

6th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2028 views

# Interviews

recent interviews

a few recent interviews. ARD Morgenmagazin heute.de on EU budget discussion Deutschlandfunk on Greece capital.bg...

30th April 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1453 views

# Interviews

EU in Global Trade System: Balancing the US and China

My interview in The Diplomat....

30th April 2018 by Guntram Wolff 3142 views

# Blog

Germany’s export-oriented economic model is caught in a US-Chinese squeeze

The new Merkel government has to reduce the dependencies on exports by stimulating domestic growth forces in Germany and Europe. At the same time, Berlin should push for a more ambitious national and European innovation ...

30th April 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1750 views

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# Publications

Making a reality of Europe’s capital markets union

This Policy Contribution is an edited version of a paper prepared for and presented at the informal meeting of European Union economic and financial affairs ministers (Informal ECOFIN), Sofia, Bulgaria, 27-28 April 2018....

27th April 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1982 views