# Blog

Banking and finance – a policy panel in honor of Mathias Dewatripont’s retirement

It is a great privilege and honour to chair this session on banking and finance in your honour, dear Mathias. When thinking about how to introduce you and this topic, I came up with three points that I think characterise...

7th May 2026 by Guntram Wolff 5 views

# Blog, Interviews

Europe beyond unanimity on security

A new European Security Treaty using majority voting would end veto abuse and build shared defence capabilities for a new geopolitical era – published at Bruegel, Kathimerini, Helsing Sanomat and others....

29th April 2026 by Francesco Nicoli, Roel Beetsma, Guntram Wolff 5 views

# Blog

Could a Hormuz toll solve the oil crisis and who pays?

With a return to the pre-Iran conflict energy status quo unlikely, a Hormuz toll may be the next best option – but Gulf states would pay the most. I discuss the tax incidence of a toll. My piece for Bruegel, covered in N...

8th April 2026 by Guntram Wolff 14 views

# Blog, Interviews

Greenland is not marginal: the US takeover threat is a strategic test for Europe

European powers should provide backing for Nuuk and Copenhagen by establishing a greater military presence in Greenland. Versions of this First Glance have been published in Le Monde and in Handelsblatt. Following the 2 ...

6th January 2026 by Guntram Wolff 57 views

# Blog, Publications

In the new geopolitical context, Europe’s banking discussions need to go beyond competitiveness

Europe has recently pivoted to regulatory simplification with the aim to boost competitiveness. This column argues that in banking the debate needs to go beyond competitiveness and be embedded within a broader strategic ...

17th July 2025 by Mathias Dewatripont Peter Praet Andre Sapir Guntram B. Wolff 73 views

# Blog, Interviews

L’union monétaire européenne doit renforcer son soutien militaire et financier aux pays baltes

L’adhésion à la zone euro signifie qu’il faut faire plus pour la défense mutuelle des pays qui en sont membres, notamment l’Estonie, la Lettonie et la Lituanie, qui sont directement exposées aux conséquences de la guerre...

26th January 2025 by Guntram Wolff 105 views

# Blog, Publications

Can American Abandonment Help Europe?

The Continent Has a Chance to Address Its Own Weaknesses – Our piece in Foreign Affairs...

7th January 2025 by Arancha González Laya, Camille Grand, Katarzyna Pisarska, Nathalie Tocci, and Guntram Wolff 112 views

# Blog, Publications

The US defence industrial base can no longer reliably supply Europe

Europe has long relied on US weapons but the US military industrial base faces constraints and its production may be redirected elsewhere. Our piece for Bruegel....

18th December 2024 by Alexander Burilkov, Juan Mejino López, Guntram Wolff 112 views

# Blog, Interviews

Deutschland braucht mehr finanzielle Ressourcen für die Verteidigung – noch vor der Wahl

Artikel in der FAZ, in dem wir argumentieren, dass eine Reform der Schuldenbremse für die Verteidigung sinnvoll und richtig ist, Published in 29 November 2024....

29th November 2024 by Clemens Fuest, Moritz Schularick, Armin Steinbach, Guntram Wolff 114 views

# Blog, Interviews

Europe stands increasingly alone on defence production and needs to act

Oped published on Bruegel, Welt, Le Monde, Rzeczpospolita and others. Europe must rebuild its defence industry; reliance on the US is no longer tenable, whatever the outcome of the US presidential election Europeans migh...

4th November 2024 by Alexandr Burilkov, Guntram Wolff 127 views