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Opinion piece
14 June 2015
David Cameron and the EU’s Waterloo
The United Kingdom, whose new majority Conservative government has pledged to hold a referendum on European Union membership by the end of 2017, perha
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
04 June 2015
Priorities for euro area governance reforms
In order to calm fears about weak euro area governance: better fiscal governance and a mechanism to ensure competitiveness despite the absence of
André Sapir and Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
02 June 2015
The emerging world: Debt as key risk
Perhaps the most ostensible of all challenges faced by the global economy is that of pervasive debt levels. For quite some time now, particularly foll
Alicia García-Herrero
Opinion piece
21 May 2015
Giving Greece a chance
This opinion piece by members of the Eiffel Group and the Glienicke Group argues that the Greek tragedy must not go on. Europe’s growing frustration w
Opinion piece
13 May 2015
Speech by Pier Carlo Padoan, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy
Speech from Bruegel 10th Anniversary Event, “Europe and Emerging Markets”, held in Rome on 5 May 2015.
Pier Carlo Padoan
Opinion piece
08 May 2015
Digital Single Market: setting the stage
The European Commission's just-released Digital Single Market strategy paper is good news. However, the paper does not spell out how the proposal
Mario Mariniello
Opinion piece
07 May 2015
Why we should not blame the ECB for low returns on German savings
The ECB has lowered its official interest rate several times in the last years and the rate is now at zero. In March of this year, it has in addition
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
05 May 2015
Europe’s radical banking union
Bruegel scholar Nicolas Véron argues in this thought-provoking essay that banking union ultimately enabled the European Central Bank’s announcement th
Nicolas Véron
Opinion piece
27 April 2015
The IMF's big Greek mistake
The Greek government's mounting financial woes are leading it to contemplate the previously unthinkable: defaulting on a loan from the International M
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
07 April 2015
Pessimistic views of China’s economy are unconvincing
In late 2001, I first used the phrase BRIC to discuss the likely rise of Brazil, Russia, India and China as growing shares of the world economy and ou
Jim O‘Neill
Opinion piece
31 March 2015
European banking supervisor should limit banks’ exposure to all eurozone governments, not just Greece
The Single Supervisory Mechanism's decision to impose limits on Greek banks’ holdings of government debt has been criticised for putting und
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
18 March 2015
European Monetary Union
Guntram Wollf answers the 11 questions submitted by the Commission president to the member states.
Opinion piece
16 March 2015
Making space for China
Jim O‘Neill
Opinion piece
03 March 2015
A new start for Greece
Greece's new government under prime minister Alexis Tsipras – in power for not even two weeks – has had a rollercoaster ride. In the face of crisis, i
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
11 February 2015
Obama joins the Greek chorus
US President Barack Obama’s recent call to ease the austerity imposed on Greece is remarkable – and not only for his endorsement of the newly elected
Ashoka Mody
Opinion piece
11 February 2015
Two cheers for the new normal
The conventional wisdom about the state of the world economy goes something like this: Since the start of the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the develope
Jim O‘Neill