Comment
04 November 2019
Politics, not policy will help Lagarde save the eurozone
Her success at helm of Europe’s central bank will depend on her ability to mend fences with hawkish policymakers.
Comment
04 November 2019
Her success at helm of Europe’s central bank will depend on her ability to mend fences with hawkish policymakers.
Policy brief
10 October 2019
The debate on euro adoption by central European EU countries has intensified in the last years. In this Policy Contribution the author does not review
Blog post
08 October 2019
The 10-year real government bond yield, which is the nominal yield deflated by expected inflation, has fallen below zero in Italy and Greece, boosted
External publication
24 September 2019
Proposals to reform the euro area are on the agenda again. An overhaul of the complex set of European fiscal rules should be top priority on this agen
Comment
10 September 2019
Europe is no longer in crisis mode. However, it remains vulnerable; it is unprepared and it is procrastinating. Following European elections this May
Blog post
09 September 2019
Recent primary elections in Argentina saw the defeat by a wide margin of President Macri. This fueled market volatility given expectations of a revers
Podcast
05 September 2019
Backstage at the Bruegel Annual Meetings, Nicholas Barrett talks with Zsolt Darvas on Europe's monetary union.
Podcast
04 September 2019
Backstage at the Bruegel Annual Meetings, Rebecca Christie talks with Guntram Wolff on priorities for the new EU leadership, the Annual Meetings and C
External publication
31 July 2019
This external publication delves into the new responsibility given to the European Central Bank: supervision on banks in the euro-area. It tells its h
Blog post
26 July 2019
This blog post investigates the debate on whether European competition rules should foster European industrial champions, or allow national champions
Blog post
24 July 2019
French, German and Polish governments have jointly proposed options for modernising EU competition policy. The debate to recalibrate European competit
Blog post
18 July 2019
Croatia seems a suitable candidate for euro area accession: there is a tight peg to the euro, high public debt is coming down, and the banking sector
Blog post
09 July 2019
Bruno Le Maire, minister of the economy and finance, delivered the opening speech at Bruegel's event “The Eurozone agreement – a mini revolution?”, 8
Event
08 July 2019
What does the new Eurozone budget do, and what does it not do? What are its strengths and weaknesses?
Podcast
04 July 2019
In this Director's Cut of 'The Sound of Economics', Guntram Wolff talks to two of the authors of Bruegel's memo to the new ECB president, Maria Demert
Policy brief
03 July 2019
Memo to the president of the European Central Bank. Grégory Claeys, Maria Demertzis and Francesco Papadia present the challenges that the next ECB pre