# 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 Guntram Wolff 1424 views

# Interviews

On Bloomberg previewing G-7 meeting

Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff speaks to Bloomberg’s Alix Steel and Guy Johnson about COVID-19, climate change, China and other topics he expects to be covered at the G-7 Meeting in Cornwall on “Bloomberg Mar...

12th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 482 views

# Blog

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

my latest post is here:...

9th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 1331 views

# podcast

Belarus: a test for Europe’s foreign policy?

The forced landing of an internal EU flight is just the latest development in the President of Belarus’ efforts to cling to power. The recent forced landing of an internal EU flight to arrest opposition activist Roman Pr...

4th June 2021 by Guntram Wolff 469 views

# Publications

Digital European Economic Sovereignty? The Case of Semiconductors

Study prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET). The notion of European ‘strategic sovereignty’ is increasingly important in debates about the European Union. Given rapidly shifting...

28th May 2021 by Guntram Wolff 549 views

# Publications

Conference on the future of Europe: vehicle for reform or forum for reflection?

In the absence of an explicit decision or prioritisation for the Conference on the future of Europe, political dynamics will decide its outcome. The reputational damage for the EU could be significant if both sides of th...

28th May 2021 by Guntram Wolff 580 views

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# Publications

The great COVID-19 divergence: managing a sustainable and equitable recovery in the European Union

I presented this paper at the informal Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) meeting in Lisbon on 21-22 May 2021. It was covered by the FT and other papers. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the biggest global r...

24th May 2021 by Guntram Wolff 536 views

# podcast

European strategic autonomy: a stronger euro comes with more responsibility

What does strategic sovereignty mean to and for Europe? European strategic autonomy is probably the single most used watchword in European circles, if only because of lack of consensus about what it entails. US bashing f...

20th May 2021 by Guntram Wolff 493 views

# podcast

a live conversation with Gita Gopinath on global divergences

IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath joins Bruegel Director Guntram Wolff to discuss the uneven recovery from the pandemic with a live clubhouse audience....

6th May 2021 by Guntram Wolff 580 views

# Publications

Reducing the mobility of SARS-CoV-2 variants to safeguard containment

When the coronavirus pandemic started in 2019/2020, a number of countries reacted early, closing down public life and reducing private contacts before contagion fully took off. Countries that failed to do this saw large ...

4th May 2021 by Guntram Wolff 555 views