Past Event

What is in store for Euro area economies?

ECB Executive Board Member Philip Lane discusses the outlook for Euro area economies.

Speakers: Maria Demertzis and Philip Lane Topic: European governance Location: Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Brussels Date: May 5, 2022

Past Event

COVID-19 and the shift to working from home: differences between the US and the EU

What changes has working from home brought on for workers and societies, and how can policy catch up?

Speakers: Jose Maria Barrero, Mamta Kapur, J. Scott Marcus and Laura Nurski Topic: Inclusive growth Location: Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Brussels Date: April 28, 2022

Past Event

From viruses to wars: recent disruptions to global trade and value chains

How have events in recent years impacted global trade and value chains and how can we strengthen these against future disruptions?

Speakers: Dalia Marin, Adil Mohommad and André Sapir Topic: Global economy and trade Date: April 27, 2022

Past Event

War in Ukraine: What is the effect on Central and Eastern Europe?

How is the war in Ukraine affecting the countries in the central and eastern parts of Europe, the countries that are closest to the ongoing conflict?

Speakers: Beata Javorcik and Guntram B. Wolff Topic: European governance Date: April 26, 2022

Past Event

War in Ukraine: How to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels?

In this episode of the Sound of Economics live we discuss whether REPowerEU can make sure that Europe has affordable and secure energy supplies in both the near and long term.

Speakers: Diederik Samsom, Georg Zachmann and Guntram B. Wolff Topic: European governance, Green economy Date: March 31, 2022

Past Event

Tackling future risks to banks

How to address vulnerabilities in banks in the coming years?

Speakers: Maria Demertzis and Elizabeth McCaul Topic: Banking and capital markets Date: March 29, 2022

Past Event

Macroeconomic and financial stability in changing times: conversation with Andrew Bailey

Guntram Wolff will be joined in conversation by Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England.

Speakers: Andrew Bailey and Guntram B. Wolff Topic: Macroeconomic policy Date: March 28, 2022

Past Event

Who will enforce the Digital Markets Act?

While the Digital Markets Act entered its first trilogue, what will be the enforcement role of the Commission and the Member States?

Speakers: Christophe Carugati, Cani Fernández, Assimakis Komninos and Georgios Petropoulos Topic: Digital economy and innovation Location: Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Brussels Date: March 22, 2022

Past Event

War in Ukraine: reflections on the economic consequences for Russia

Sergei Guriev joins us to discuss how the Russian invasion of Ukraine will affect the economies of Russia and the world?

Speakers: Sergei Guriev, Maria Demertzis and Guntram B. Wolff Topic: Global economy and trade Date: March 10, 2022

Past Event

War in Ukraine: A conversation with Oleg Ustenko

Oleg Ustenko, Economic Advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joins us to discuss the situation in Ukraine.

Speakers: Guntram B. Wolff and Oleg Ustenko Topic: European governance Location: Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Brussels Date: March 9, 2022

Opinion

How to reconcile increased green public investment needs with fiscal consolidation

The EU’s ambitious emissions reduction targets will require a major increase in green investments. This column considers options for increasing public green investment when major consolidations are needed after the fiscal support provided during the pandemic. The authors make the case for a green golden rule allowing green investment to be funded by deficits that would not count in the fiscal rules. Concerns about ‘greenwashing’ could be addressed through a narrow definition of green investments and strong institutional scrutiny, while countries with debt sustainability concerns could initially rely only on NGEU for their green investment.

By: Zsolt Darvas and Guntram B. Wolff Topic: European governance, Green economy, Macroeconomic policy Date: March 8, 2022

Past Event

Developing an EU approach to strategic gas storage

A timely conversation on Europe's strategic gas reserves.

Speakers: Claude Turmes and Georg Zachmann Topic: Green economy Date: March 4, 2022