Opinion pieces
Bruegel fellows often write guest commentary for major media outlets
Recent comments and opinion pieces
Use the financial system to enforce export controls on Russia
Industrial policy for economic security
China’s ‘new productive forces’ risk overcapacity bubble
India's economy can overtake China's if it can stay on track
Opinion piece
17 October 2013
Users could be losers in 'EU vs Google'
The debate misses a crucial point: the purpose of antitrust law is to protect consumers, not competitors. Google’s undue penalization of a p
Opinion piece
11 October 2013
Germany needs a service sector to match its makers
Only 10 years ago, Germany was considered the sick man of Europe, but the German economy is now admired for its strength. However, important
Opinion piece
10 October 2013
Trade is the true test of the world’s green shoots
The government shutdown aside, news from the US has been encouraging; despair on the eurozone is abating; and the Chinese slowdown has been orderly. G
Opinion piece
30 September 2013
A new way for Germany and Europe
When the new German government takes over, it should not wait for long until it makes the euro area a central topic on its agenda.
Opinion piece
26 September 2013
Making the internal electricity market work
Why the economic pressure to create a comprehensive internal energy market is building
Opinion piece
24 September 2013
A New Greek Test for Europe
Europeans must brace themselves for another bout of political and legal turmoil. The Europe that emerges from it could look, for better or worse, very
Opinion piece
23 September 2013
Reshaping Europe’s financial system
With the upcoming Asset Quality Review (AQR) by the European Central Bank, Europe has a chance to fundamentally reshape its financial system to make i
Opinion piece
19 September 2013
Euribor and the limits of antitrust
The European Commission is investigating a suspected banking industry cartel, one of the many consequences of the opening of the London Interbank Offe
Opinion piece
13 September 2013
Brussels drops the call on Europe's single digital market
The European Commission's reforms are too coy about making the changes that would create a true digital single market.
Opinion piece
12 August 2013
The euro area needs a German miracle
Recent sentiment indicators of the euro area are encouraging but return to lasting health of the euro area economy will still require major further st
Opinion piece
09 July 2013
EU trade with Myanmar and the grasshopper problem
The European Union’s decision to reinstate Burmese access to the generalised scheme of tariff preferences (GSP) was the right move, bec
Opinion piece
08 July 2013
The rupee’s wake-up call
The Indian rupee has weakened rapidly in recent months, with the exchange rate against the US dollar dropping by 11%, to around 60 rupees, since early
Opinion piece
07 June 2013
Mehr Augen sehen mehr
Soll Deutschland einer gemeinsamen Bankenaufsicht auf EU-Ebene zustimmen, oder gibt Berlin dadurch zu viele Kompetenzen auf?
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Misreading the Global Economy
In April 2010, the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook offered an optimistic assessment of the global economy, describing a
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Europe’s Troika should grow up
In early 2010, a group of men (and a few women) in dark suits landed in Athens. They belonged to a global institution, the International Monetary Fund
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Germany must lead by example on fixing its banks
Charles Kindleberger, the pre-eminent historian of financial crises, described a hegemon as a country willing to accept short-term costs for the sake