# podcast

How effective have COVID-19 credit support programmes been?

COVID-19 has caused unprecedented disruption to business. Since the first lockdowns, governments have used credit support programmes as the main instrument to mitigate the liquidity shock businesses have been facing. Hav...

17th February 2021 by Guntram Wolff 363 views

# Blog, Interviews

Why has the EU been so slow to roll out a Covid vaccination programme?

This opinion piece was originally published on El País and the Guardian and Süddeutsche Zeitung Europe was not prepared for the pandemic, but it must now learn lessons and use all its financial and political resources. F...

29th January 2021 by Guntram Wolff 982 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 Grégory Claeys, Guntram Wolff 1108 views

# Blog, Interviews

An equity fund for a zombie-free and EU-wide recovery

This opinion piece was originally published in Le Monde and in Il Sole 24 Ore. Illuminated open signs are going out all over Europe, some will not be lit again in our life-time. Many however will reignite, but only thank...

27th May 2020 by Julia Anderson, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 1621 views

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# Publications

Rebooting Europe: a framework for a post COVID-19 economic recovery

COVID-19 has triggered a severe recession and policymakers in European Union countries are providing generous, largely indiscriminate, support to companies. As the recession gets deeper, a more comprehensive strategy is ...

15th May 2020 by Julia Anderson, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram B. Wolff 780 views

# Blog, Interviews

Europe needs a Covid-19 Recovery Programme

Our letter to the FT. The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented challenge for Europe’s healthcare systems, and a major shock for the continent’s economy. After the initial focus on the immediate crisis response m...

25th March 2020 by Grégory Claeys, Simone Tagliapietra, Guntram Wolff 1789 views

# Interviews

IMF, World Bank meetings come during Europe’s economic slowdown

CCTV America business correspondent Owen Fairclough is following the IMF and World Bank meetings from the European side. He interviewed Bruegel Think Tank Director Guntram Wolff for insight on the meetings....

6th October 2014 by CCTV 1765 views