# Blog, Interviews

Increasing the global capacity for essential medical supplies: Europe remains key

Versions of this piece were originally published in Caixin, Capital.bg, El País, Rzeczpospolita, Il Sole 24 Ore, Le Grand Continent, Helsingi Suomat, Nikkei Veritas. The COVID-19 pandemic is nowhere near its end at a glo...

22nd July 2021 by Anne Bucher, Guntram Wolff 57 views

# 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 SERGIO FABBRINI, JOHN ERIK FOSSUM, MAGDALENA GÓRA AND GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 948 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 Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 112 views

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

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9th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 957 views

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The EU’s fiscal stance, its recovery fund, and how they relate to the fiscal rules

Joint EU borrowing to boost the recovery, if not treated as national deficit and debt, will substantially ease rules-based fiscal adjustment needs in southern and eastern Europe, but not in western and northern Europe. B...

5th March 2021 by Zsolt Darvas, Guntram Wolff 2426 views

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The EU can’t separate climate policy from foreign policy

This opinion piece was originally published in Rzeczpospolita, Domani, Le Monde and La Vanguardia. The European Union’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 is not only a revolutionary exercise in shifting the continent’s ...

5th March 2021 by MARK LEONARD, JEAN PISANI-FERRY, JEREMY SHAPIRO, SIMONE TAGLIAPIETRA AND GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 773 views

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Aiming for zero Covid-19: Europe needs to take action

This opinion piece with nearly 30 signatories was originally published in de Volkskrant, Le Monde, Süddeutsche, La Repubblica, El Pais and Rzeczpospolita on the initiative of Miquel Oliu Barton and Bary Pradelski. by Yan...

16th February 2021 by group of authors 732 views

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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 639 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 Jeanrenaud, L., M. Mariniello, G. Wolff 607 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 G. Claeys, M. Hoffmann and G. Wolff 498 views