# Blog, Interviews

Europe’s banking union must be cyberproofed

This opinion piece was published in Politico Nikkei Veritas, Corriere della Sera and Kathimerini. When European leaders, back in 2012, embarked on an ambitious plan to create a truly pan-continental financial system, the...

30th January 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1725 views

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Why border carbon adjustment is important for Europe’s green deal

This article was published in Brink News, Kathimerini, Le Monde, Helsingin Sanomat, Handelsblatt, IlSole24 ore and Nikkei Veritas. The European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen is pursuing ambitious enviro...

6th December 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1235 views

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Schädliche Kritik: Die EZB hat mit ihrer Geldpolitik viel richtig gemacht

Die Geldpolitik der Europäischen Zentralbank hat der EU geholfen. Deshalb sollte darüber neu und konstruktiv debattiert werden. Der Gastbeitrag für Frankfurter Rundschau. Die neue EZB-Präsidentin Christine Lagarde hätte ...

14th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 2181 views

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Demystifying carbon border adjustment for Europe’s green deal

European Commission President-Elect Ursula von der Leyen has made a strong plea to accelerate Europe’s transition to a “green” economy with the goal of achieving ambitious targets of reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emi...

4th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 2393 views

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Politics, not policy will help Lagarde save the eurozone

This opinion piece was originally published by Politico When Christine Lagarde was tapped to become the next chief of the European Central Bank, her detractors were quick to argue her appointment was a mistake. Though sh...

4th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1464 views

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Why Europe needs a change of mind-set to fend off the risks of recession

Versions of this opinion piece are appearing in Handelsblatt, Le Monde, El Pais, Kathimerini, Rzeczpospolita, Helsinki Sanomat, Caixin, Nikkei Veritas and others. Recession! This is the new worry in Europe and the...

2nd September 2019 by Guntram Wolff 6886 views

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How Digitalization of the Workforce Will Impact Europe’s Social Protection Systems

I wrote a post summarizing a recent report of Bruegel for the Mastercard Centre for inclusive growth....

12th August 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1405 views

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From Derrida to Trump – a book review

My book review for El Pais. The death of truth – notes on falsehood in the age of Trump” by Michiko Kakutani is a lucid account of how Western societies are losing their consensus on what is true and what is false – with...

29th July 2019 by Guntram Wolff 4540 views

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The EU needs a bold climate strategy

This article was originally published in The Nikkei Veritas, Caixin, Rzeczpospolita and Ta Nea In order to avert catastrophic climate change for the entire human population, global temperature increases must be limited t...

19th July 2019 by Guntram Wolff 2240 views

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A stronger EU legal framework is not enough to foster national compliance

In 2011, the EU introduced stricter rules to monitor the implementation of country-specific policy recommendations. Using a new dataset, this column investigates whether these new laws have increased national compliance....

17th July 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1783 views