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2021: The Year of the EU Recovery Fund

This is part of BRINK’s leadership series, in which we invited a few CEOs and leaders to reflect on the year that just passed and what lies ahead. BrinkNews Link 2020 has been a year of both record-breaking shock and dec...

22nd December 2020 by Guntram Wolff 600 views

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Europe should promote a Climate Club after the US elections

This opinion is forthcoming in Handelsblatt, Corriere, El Pais, Helsingin Sanomat, Nikkei Veritas and other outlets. Time has come for Europe, the US and possibly China to create a global “Climate Club”. Global greenhous...

10th December 2020 by Guntram Wolff 916 views

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The scarring effect of COVID-19: youth unemployment in Europe

Even before the pandemic, youth unemployment in the European Union was three times higher than among the over-55s. COVID-19 threatens to undo the last decade of progress: policymakers must act to avoid Europe’s youth suf...

2nd December 2020 by Monika Grzegorczyk, Guntram Wolff 813 views

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Europe can’t afford to lose another generation to youth unemployment

my oped in The Guardian , El Pais , Die Zeit , Domani.it , LeMonde ...

12th November 2020 by Guntram Wolff 797 views

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For the euro there is no shortcut to becoming a dominant currency

(Auch auf Deutsch auf Makronom) When created two decades ago, the euro immediately became the world’s second most important currency. But it has remained a distant second to the US dollar. Its internationalisation peaked...

13th October 2020 by Grégory Claeys, Guntram Wolff 1079 views

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What should Europe expect from American trade policy after the election?

A Joe Biden Administration would have to decide to what extent to unpick the major United States trade policy shifts of the last four years. A quick return to comprehensive trade talks with the European Union is unlikely...

8th October 2020 by Uri Dadush, Guntram Wolff 1989 views

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L’IA a besoin d’humains qualifiés

This opinion post was originally published in Les Echos. L’adoption des technologies IA repose moins sur des scientifiques de haut niveau que sur des spécialistes des données et des programmeurs compétents qui peuv...

5th October 2020 by Julia Anderson, Guntram Wolff 3391 views

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Without good governance, the EU borrowing mechanism could fail

This opinion piece has previously been published in El Pais, Il Sole, Rezpospolita, Le Monde, Helsingin Sanomat, Nikkei Veritas and FAZ. The European Union recovery fund could greatly increase the stability of the bloc a...

17th September 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1049 views

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Europe has an artificial-intelligence skills shortage

This blog post was first published by www.bruegel.org However intelligent artificial intelligence might be, it still relies on qualified humans, of which there is a notable lack in the European Union. In 2019, German fir...

31st August 2020 by JULIA ANDERSON, PACO VIRY, GUNTRAM B. WOLFF 1067 views

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China Has an Unfair Advantage in the EU Market. What Can Be Done to Level the Playing Field?

This was published on Brink. The dominance of Chinese state-owned enterprises in China’s domestic market is giving them unfair advantages in the European Union single market as well. The EU Commission recently re...

28th July 2020 by Alicia Garcia Herrero, Guntram Wolff 1116 views