# Blog

Eurozone QE and bank profitability: Why it is too early to taper

This opinion piece was published in El Economista, Finance, Hospodárské Noviny, and Tagesspiegel. The quantitative easing (QE) programs that started in the second quarter of 2015 remain controversial, especially in Germa...

8th December 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2339 views

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Building common ground: Towards strategic migration and refugee policies in Europe

This conference declaration was signed on 22 November 2016 at the occasion of the second annual Vision Europe Summit in Lisbon. The signatories are leaders from the eight think tanks and foundations convening the Vision ...

7th December 2016 by Guntram Wolff 1981 views

# Blog

Is Europe drifting towards a hard Brexit?

Theresa May’s recently announced that she will trigger Article 50 no later than March 2017. Guntram Wolff debriefs May’s speech and the implications for the future of EU-UK relations. This op-ed was orignally...

6th October 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2385 views

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Draghi enteignet die Sparer nicht

This text was published in Manager Magazin. Debatte über die EZB ja – aber bitte sachlich Die EZB reagiert mit ihrer Geldpolitik nur auf die schwache wirtschaftliche Lage. Sie ist nicht dafür zuständig, für hohe R...

28th September 2016 by Guntram Wolff 3213 views

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Testimony on Brexit to the French senate (in French)

Travaux de Commission – Groupe de suivi sur le retrait du Royaume-Uni Table ronde avec la Fondation Robert Schuman, l’Institut Bruegel et l’Institut Montaigne 27 Septembre 2016 – Senat, Paris Link video. ——&#...

28th September 2016 by Guntram Wolff 1962 views

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The Continental Partnership proposal: a reply to five main criticisms

The proposal for a Continental Partnership (CP) has received a great deal of attention. Two of the authors, André Sapir and Guntram Wolff, clarify some misunderstandings and respond to five key criticisms. They argue tha...

27th September 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2996 views

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The difficulties of defining EU-UK economic relations

This op-ed was originally published in El Economista, Manager Magazin, Nikkei Veritas, Nikkei Asian Review, and O Globo. Negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU have not yet begun, but the UK leadership needs to ...

22nd July 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2068 views

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Markets and broken promises in the UK referendum

After four days of violent market reactions to the prospects of Brexit, markets have paused and gained in strength slightly. Why has that happened? In the wake of the referendum result of June 23, financial market...

29th June 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2360 views

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Six lessons about “real” people, Brexit, and the EU

The result of the UK referendum on 23 June has been portrayed as a victory for “real people”. But what consequences will the result have, and how should the UK and EU now react? “…this will be a victor...

27th June 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2614 views

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Berlin and Paris need a strategy for Brexit

Which political strategy should the EU and its biggest two members, France and Germany, pursue if the UK were to leave? This op-ed was originally published in Bruegel, International Business Times, Kathimerini, and Diari...

4th June 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2294 views