Policy brief
22 April 2016
Financial risks and opportunities in the time of climate change
The current unsustainable use of our environment can lead to financial crisis. To address this risk, financial institutions should measure their exp
Policy brief
22 April 2016
The current unsustainable use of our environment can lead to financial crisis. To address this risk, financial institutions should measure their exp
Event
23 February 2016
This event will look at shocks and adjustment in the euro area in the light of recent crises and analyse the functioning of a key internal adjustment
Book
28 January 2016
This new Bruegel Blueprint provides a differentiated understanding of growth, productivity and competitiveness and the important role public policy ne
Blog post
21 December 2015
What’s at stake: Finland exemplifies the difficulty of dealing with asymmetric shocks within a Monetary Union as the Finnish economy has struggled to
Blog post
30 September 2015
Keynote speech at Bruegel event on "Promoting growth and stability in the EU", held at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, on 28 Sep
Policy brief
11 September 2015
There is a European interest in getting a global climate deal in Paris that entails high mitigation ambitions and involves the EU in shaping the globa
Blog post
07 September 2015
Speech held at Bruegel Annual Dinner, Brussels 7 September 2015
Blog post
10 June 2015
The Four Presidents’ Report on the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is expected to be released at the end of June, outlining how to strengthen econom
Policy brief
23 April 2015
This Policy Contribution presents facts about EU capital markets, issues that should be taken into account in the development of CMU policy, correspon
Policy brief
12 September 2014
European Unemployment Insurance is one option for stabilising country specific economic cycles thanks to risk sharing, but it would not substanti
Book
03 September 2014
Memos to the new EU leadership.
Comment
25 August 2014
We are absolutely convinced that a new momentum can and must be given, and a new milestone reached. The time is now. Citizens who wish to support the
Policy brief
31 March 2014
The European Union faces major social problems. More than six million jobs were lost from 2008-13 and poverty has increased. Fiscal consolidation has
Policy brief
13 September 2013
Policy contribution presented at the informal ECOFIN in Vilnius on September 14, discussing how Europe's financial system could and should be res
Policy brief
11 April 2013
The issue: The European Union's pre-crisis growth performance was disappointingenough, but the performance has been even more dismal since theonset of
Policy brief
03 December 2012
In a monetary union, national fiscal deficits are of limited help to counteract deep recessions; union-wide support is needed. A common euro-area budg