# podcast

The Italian government budget proposal for 2019

Guntram Wolff welcomes Bruegel affiliate fellow Silvia Merler to evaluate the Italian government’s planned budget for 2019, in this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ Six months after its election, Italy’s coalit...

28th September 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1993 views

# podcast

The drama of the EU and the euro area

I discuss with Ashoka Mody, visiting professor in international economic policy at Princeton University his latest book “Euro tragedy: a drama in nine acts”. We talk about the legacy of Helmut Kohl, the role...

28th June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2115 views

# Blog

Griechenland braucht einen Neuanfang

This was first published by Die Zeit. Acht Jahre nach Beginn des ersten Hilfsprogramms für Griechenland ist es soweit – Griechenland soll wieder auf eigenen Füßen stehen. Die Eurogruppe soll heute das Ende des dri...

21st June 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2089 views

# podcast

What risk does Italy’s new government pose to the euro area?

I discuss here with Francesco Papadia, Bruegel senior fellow, the situation in Italy. The coalition agreement between Italy’s Five Star Movement and the League puts the country’s new government on a potential collision c...

24th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2199 views

# Blog

Germany’s Government Still Has an Allergy to Investing

The new coalition budget looks a lot like the old German coalition budget. My Bloomberg View column is here....

14th May 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1617 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

# Blog

Regarding your new responsibilities, Mr Centeno…

Versions of this opinion piece were published in Negocios, Politico, Kathimerini and La Repubblica. Dear Mr Eurogroup president! Congratulations, you are taking on a challenging task. Not only will you have to look after...

29th January 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1941 views

# Interviews

My Bloomberg interview on prospects of German coalition

19th January 2018 by Guntram Wolff 2001 views

# Interviews

Reform der Eurozone – Was wollen Brüssel, Paris und Berlin?

Ich diskutiere im Deutschlandfunk mit Udo Bullmann, Mitglied des Europaparlaments (SPD) Sven Giegold, Mitglied des Europaparlaments (Grüne) Wolf Klinz, Mitglied des Europaparlaments (FDP) Hier ist der podcast http://podc...

13th December 2017 by Guntram Wolff 1780 views

# Blog

The European Commission should drop its ill-designed idea of a finance minister

This opinion piece was published on Politico, La Republicca, Die Zeit, Kathimerini, and others. As always, the respective titles in the newspapers were NOT drafted by me. European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker...

4th December 2017 by Guntram Wolff 7172 views