Beyond the Juncker and Schäuble visions of euro-area governance

This policy brief was first published on Bruegel.org. It is widely covered in the press. The issue Two diametrically opposed visions of the euro-area architecture have been put forward. European Commission president Jean...

1st December 2017 by Guntram Wolff 2711 views

# Blog

German wages, the Phillips curve and migration in the euro area

This post studies why wages in Germany have not borne strong increases despite a relatively strong labour market. I list four reasons why announcing the death of the Phillips curve – the negative relationship between une...

29th November 2017 by Guntram Wolff 3613 views

# Interviews

Interview in Il Sole24 on breakdown of Jamaica negotiation (in Italian)

My interview is here. “L’impasse nella formazione governativa in Germania potrebbe portare a una paralisi in campo europeo e a congelare (blow back) le riforme strutturali proposte dal presidente francese Emmanuel Macr...

22nd November 2017 by Guntram Wolff 1506 views

# Interviews

Vision prospective sur l’Europe

9th November 2017 by Guntram Wolff 1953 views

# Interviews

Le Brexit

9th November 2017 by Guntram Wolff 1692 views

# Interviews

Weniger Briefe aus Brüssel

A summary of my talk at ifo institute in Süddeutsche Zeitung: SZ_Artikel_Weniger_Briefe_aus Brüssel (1) ...

24th October 2017 by Guntram Wolff 1668 views

# Blog

What has driven the votes for Germany’s right-wing Alternative für Deutschland?

The AfD vote in East Germany was consistently stronger than in the West, even after controlling for income, age, education, religion and the overall rural nature of the new Bundesländer. This was first published on Brueg...

6th October 2017 by Guntram Wolff 4022 views

# Blog

A Jamaican Germany could be good for Europe

A shortened version of this opinion piece has been published by the Financial Times. Germany has voted – and the result has been a shock to Germans and to Europe. The AfD – an extremely right wing, and in part neo-nazi, ...

29th September 2017 by Guntram Wolff 2215 views