# Blog

The Conference on the Future of Europe: vehicle for reform versus forum for reflection?

The approach of the European Union’s institutions to the Conference on the Future of Europe is muddled, with risks for the outcome. The European Union after several delays opened the Conference on the Future of Eu...

15th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1427 views

# Interviews

On Bloomberg previewing G-7 meeting

Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff speaks to Bloomberg’s Alix Steel and Guy Johnson about COVID-19, climate change, China and other topics he expects to be covered at the G-7 Meeting in Cornwall on “Bloomberg Mar...

12th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 484 views

# Blog, Interviews

Relaunching transatlantic cooperation with a carbon border adjustment mechanism

This piece was originally published by Le Monde and Domani. On June 15, President Joe Biden will join Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels for an important European Union–United States summit that aims at ...

11th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 362 views

# Interviews

On Euronews and G7, arguing that G7 needs to agree on funding for vaccinating the world

10th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 289 views

# Blog

Inflation!? Germany, the euro area and the European Central Bank

my latest post is here:...

9th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1338 views

# podcast

Belarus: a test for Europe’s foreign policy?

The forced landing of an internal EU flight is just the latest development in the President of Belarus’ efforts to cling to power. The recent forced landing of an internal EU flight to arrest opposition activist Roman Pr...

4th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 472 views

# Interviews

core inflation not high: premature for ECB to tighten monetary policy

my CNBC interview...

2nd June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 319 views

# Publications

Digital European Economic Sovereignty? The Case of Semiconductors

Study prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). The notion of European ‘strategic sovereignty’ is increasingly important in debates about the European Union. Given rapidly shifting...

28th May 2021 by Guntram Wolff 553 views

# Publications

Conference on the future of Europe: vehicle for reform or forum for reflection?

In the absence of an explicit decision or prioritisation for the Conference on the future of Europe, political dynamics will decide its outcome. The reputational damage for the EU could be significant if both sides of th...

28th May 2021 by Guntram Wolff 583 views

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# Publications

The great COVID-19 divergence: managing a sustainable and equitable recovery in the European Union

I presented this paper at the informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting in Lisbon on 21-22 May 2021. It was covered by the FT and other papers. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the biggest global r...

24th May 2021 by Guntram Wolff 539 views