Event
04 June 2018
On 4 June Bruegel, as in previous years, will host the presentation of the Euro Yearbook, a collection of experts’ insights on the construction of the
Comment
24 May 2018
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
Blog post
09 May 2018
The European Commission’s proposal for a new stabilisation instrument inside the EU budget for the countries of the economic and monetary union is dis
Article
09 March 2018
On 8 March 2018, Guntram B. Wolff discussed the opportunity and options to upgrade the European Monetary Union in his Testimony at the Swedish Parliam
Blog post
09 February 2018
The challenges that Europe faces both from within and from outside require immediate, concerted counter-efforts. While efforts to advance the European
Report
17 January 2018
This publication proposes six reforms to improve the Eurozone’s financial stability, political cohesion, and potential for delivering prosperity.
Comment
30 December 2017
The new year could very well see the positive story of 2017 continue in Europe – but a number of looming policy and political problems cannot be ignor
Blog post
12 December 2017
The stock of liquidity supplied through the ECB’s open market operations has remained relatively stable, though there is a clearer change in the count
Blog post
06 December 2017
Our scholars Grégory Claeys, André Sapir, Dirk Schoenmaker, Nicolas Veron and Guntram B. Wolff, explore the next steps needed to create a more functio
Policy brief
01 December 2017
Two diametrically opposed visions of the euro-area architecture have been put forward. Departing from both Juncker’s and Schäuble’s proposals, the aut
Blog post
06 November 2017
The Eurosystem gets a lot of attention from academics and the media, but they largely focus on its statutory objective of maintaining price stability.
Blog post
02 November 2017
8 of the EU27 have not yet joined the Euro, and progress in euro-area enlargement seems to have stalled. Commission President Juncker wants to give ne
Policy brief
26 October 2017
What are the remaining fragilities of the Euro architecture? This policy contribution assesses the institutional reforms put in place during and after
Report
03 October 2017
This paper assesses the decentralised implementation of monetary policy by the Eurosystem in terms of its transparency, efficiency and simplicity. Com
Policy brief
28 September 2017
The sequence of crisis and policy responses after mid-2007 was a gradual recognition of the unsustainability of the euro-area policy framework. The ba
Policy brief
21 September 2017
The depiction of the euro area/European Union (EU) as a ‘fourfold union’ emerged in the first half of 2012 at the height of the euro-area crisis. In t