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# Blog

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 Guntram Wolff 1624 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 Guntram Wolff 2831 views

# podcast

Without good governance EU recovery could fail

My conversation with Luis Garicano. More podcasts with leading MEPs are in the making. The European Union recovery fund could greatly increase the stability of the bloc and its monetary union. But the fund needs clearer ...

7th October 2020 by Guntram Wolff 808 views

# Blog, Interviews

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 Guntram Wolff 4137 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 1431 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 Guntram Wolff 1603 views

# podcast

Future of Europe conference: Redefining Europe’s role after the Covid-19 Pandemic

In a special live edition podcast of an event we organised recently with EU3D, we discuss how the current situation brought upon by the pandemic could shift the ‘Conference on the Future of Europe’ debate, whether EU tre...

26th June 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1375 views

# Publications

Is the COVID-19 crisis an opportunity to boost the euro as a global currency?

• The euro became an international currency when it was created two decades ago. However, the euro’s internationalisation peaked as early as 2005 and it was never comparable to the US dollar. Its international status dec...

10th June 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1443 views

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Will COVID-19 boost the euro as a global currency?

The euro is, by definition an international currency. However, since being established in the late 90s the single currency has always been somewhat less than the sum of it’s parts and has yet to challenge the US do...

5th June 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1173 views

# Interviews

A recovery booster?

Interview for Bruegel’s newsletter How significant is the new German fiscal package? €130 billion over 18 months is a very significant package, given that the German federal budget stands at around €350 bill...

4th June 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1125 views