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Opinion piece
03 July 2018
Can Multilateralism Adapt?
Global governance requires rules, because flexibility and goodwill alone cannot tackle the hardest shared problems. With multilateralism under attack,
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
26 June 2018
Making Italy grow again
On March 4th, Italians sent a resounding message in favour of a break with the past. The ultimate test for the new ‘government of change’ will be whet
Guntram B. Wolff, Alessio Terzi and Simone Tagliapietra
Opinion piece
20 June 2018
Europe needs a fresh approach to climate strategy
The EU needs a new approach to long-term climate strategy to ensure that EU climate policy is brought in line with the goals of Paris and takes into a
Georg Zachmann and Andrei Marcu
Opinion piece
12 June 2018
« Mieux vaudrait laisser les gouvernements libres de tenter les politiques de leur choix »
Les peuples ont le droit de faire des erreurs: Selon l’économiste Jean Pisani-Ferry, l’Union européenne doit accepter les aspirations légitimes à des
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
06 June 2018
Trägt Deutschland eine Mitschuld an Italiens Krise?
Italiens Regierung will riesige neue Schulden machen – die nächste Bewährungsprobe für die Eurozone. Deutschland muss sich aktiv an der Lösung beteili
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
01 June 2018
Mattarella’s line in the sand
The vital task confronting Europe is to reconcile citizens’ right to make radical choices with the need to ensure that decisions leading to constituti
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
28 May 2018
How worried should we be about an Italian debt crisis?
Political backlash to slow growth and immigration has produced the least cooperative government imaginable in Italy, a coalition between the left-popu
Silvia Merler and Olivier Blanchard
Opinion piece
28 May 2018
La PAC n’est pas taboue
Dans cette chronique, l'auteur estime qu’une renationalisation graduelle de certaines politiques pourrait utilement contribuer à la nécessaire redéfin
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
25 May 2018
Make euro-area sovereign bonds safe again
In their recent Policy Insight, the team of French and German authors suggest introducing sovereign bond-backed securities to play the role of safe as
Grégory Claeys
Opinion piece
22 May 2018
Fiscal rules and the role of the Commission
The proposals on fiscal frameworks and rules in the recent CEPR Policy Insight on euro-area reform showcase the multiple dimensions of the fundamental
Thomas Wieser
Opinion piece
14 May 2018
What does Europe care about? Watch where it spends
The European Union says it wants to focus on new priorities. First it will have to cut spending in sectors that have long enjoyed support.
Guntram B. Wolff
Opinion piece
09 May 2018
China’s financial opening: Will it be different this time?
It is hard to judge whether China will indeed carry out a substantial opening of its financial sector, despite the significant external pressure it fa
Alicia García-Herrero and Gary Ng
Opinion piece
02 May 2018
A new strategy to clean up European cars, and the air we breathe
Transport is the only sector in which Europe's CO2 emissions are now higher than in 1990 and is becoming a key obstacle to the EU meeting its decarbon
Simone Tagliapietra
Opinion piece
30 April 2018
The upheaval Italy needs
While Italy remains without a new government, it would be foolish to believe that a country where anti-system parties won 55% of the popular vote will
Jean Pisani-Ferry
Opinion piece
30 April 2018
Germany’s export-oriented economic model is caught in a US-Chinese squeeze
The new Merkel government has to reduce the dependencies on exports by stimulating domestic growth forces in Germany and Europe. At the same time, Ber
Guntram B. Wolff and Sebastian Heilmann
Opinion piece
24 April 2018
Why this round of U.S. protectionism is different
Although it is not the first time that the world has been caught in the China-U.S. crossfire, this round of U.S. protectionist moves against China is
Alicia García-Herrero and Jianwei Xu