# podcast

Banks and loan losses in the pandemic turmoil

The current pandemic is shaking the financial system. How can banks react ? Is a consolidation of the financial system in Europe needed in order to respond to this crisis ? Will our economies suffer from this pandemic as...

25th March 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1235 views

# podcast

Can the European Green Deal kill the single market?

The European Green Deal is one of the landmarks of Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission. But, without an ambitious investment behind it, what could be its potential implications for the EU? Could it go as far as to th...

27th February 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1155 views

# Blog, Interviews

Europe’s banking union must be cyberproofed

This opinion piece was published in Politico Nikkei Veritas, Corriere della Sera and Kathimerini. When European leaders, back in 2012, embarked on an ambitious plan to create a truly pan-continental financial system, the...

30th January 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1725 views

# Blog

Providing funding in resolution: Unfinished business even after Eurogroup agreement on EMU reform

The recent Eurogroup agreement on euro-area reform foresees a greater role for the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) as a backstop to the banking union. This is a welcome step forward but important issues remain. We ass...

11th December 2018 by Guntram Wolff 3295 views

0 likes

# Publications

How to provide liquidity to banks after resolution in Europe’s banking union

Banks deemed to be failing or likely to fail in the banking union are either put into insolvency/liquidation or enter a resolution scheme to protect the public interest. After resolution but before full market confidence...

22nd November 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2609 views

# Blog

Europe needs a broader discussion of its future

The important Franco-German paper leaves aside some of the most crucial issues for the future of Europe’s monetary union: European public goods, a proper fiscal stance and major national reforms. Its compromise on sovere...

6th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2032 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 1665 views

# Blog

How has banking union changed mergers and acquistions?

This piece was published by Bruegel. The aim of the banking union was to break the toxic link between banks and states. One way of achieving this is by increasing cross border banking through mergers and acquisitions. Th...

13th September 2017 by Guntram Wolff 2127 views

# Blog

Europa sinnvoll gestalten

This opinion piece was published in FAZ on Friday, 28 April, 2017. Weder gute Wachstums- und Beschäftigungszahlen noch das schlechter als erwartete Abschneiden des Populisten Geert Wilders können darüber hinwegtäu...

30th April 2017 by Guntram Wolff 2498 views

# Blog

Testimony on European Deposit Insurance System

I gave a presentation to the European Parliament’s ECON committee on European deposit insurance. Below is a summary of the main points I made, also published on Bruegel. It is welcome that the European Union and th...

23rd May 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2511 views