# podcast

How to make the European Green Deal work (Part One)

The European Green Deal will be a defining feature of Ursula Von der Leyen’s incoming Commission. But will carbon border taxes and single carbon prices be enough to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050? This week, N...

7th November 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1677 views

# Blog

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 2468 views

# Blog, Interviews

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 1541 views

# podcast

The art of the Brexit deal

An emergency Brexit podcast to dissect today’s tentative deal between the EU27 and the British Government, featuring Maria Demertzis, Guntram Wolff and Nicholas Barrett The British government has reached a deal wit...

17th October 2019 by Guntram Wolff 2693 views

# podcast

Brexit: a European Odysee

A discussion with Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Nicholas Barret....

10th October 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1421 views

# Publications

Hybrid and cybersecurity threats and the European Union’s financial system

This policy contribution (pdf) was written for and presented at the informal meeting of EU finance ministers and central bank governors (Informal ECOFIN) in Helsinki, 13 September 2019. Increasing cyber and hybrid risks...

15th September 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1493 views

# Publications

Braver, greener, fairer: Memos to the EU leadership 2019-2024

This collected volume, edited by Maria Demertzis and myself, focuses on the most important economic questions at EU level. The memos covering 16 different files and written by 21 Bruegel scholars, are intended to present...

10th September 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1712 views

# Blog, Interviews

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 6975 views