Opinion pieces
Bruegel fellows often write guest commentary for major media outlets
Recent comments and opinion pieces
5.5%增长目标凸显中国政府提振经济的信心
艾西亚认为,今年中国要实现5.5%的增长,还需要更多的政策努力,包括财政和货币刺激。
访顶尖欧洲智库学者:欧盟碳市场的两大挑战和运行经验
欧洲碳交易体系研究专家、欧洲布鲁盖尔研究所(Bruegel)高级研究员乔治·扎克曼(Georg Zachmann),对欧盟碳交易经验和目前遇到的挑战进行介绍,并就上述国际热点问题分享见解。
欧洲如何实现碳中和?一种建议
“欧洲绿色协议”目前缺少的一个工具是碳底价,它可以为ETS和非ETS部门设定最低碳定价。经过多年的讨论,现在可能已经到了引入这一制度的时候了。
市场与公投承诺不可兼得
未来几个月市场的动荡还将持续,直到英国与欧盟关系的条款最终敲定。英国与欧盟保持密切关联的政治可能性越高,市场反应将会越积极。相反,如果英国采取孤立主义,以及欧洲大陆的惩罚性情绪越高,那么英国和欧盟的股市下跌将会越严重。
丢了“欧盟护照”伦敦金融城伤不起
作为全球金融中心,伦敦一部分的吸引力来自于其窗口作用——在伦敦扎根可以直接打入泛欧洲经济区(EEA)的内部市场。这么说来,金融企业有一个英国经营牌照就如同有一本“欧盟护照”,境外机构可以在整个欧洲经济区提供金融服务,畅通无阻。
Opinion piece
08 May 2014
Addressing social problems should be at the heart of Europe’s economic strategy
Europe has overcome the most acute financial crisis. But failure to address more forcefully the growing social problems will undermine debt sustainabi
Opinion piece
23 April 2014
Ukraine crisis shows global governance is in a mess
The crisis surrounding Ukraine shows that global governance is in a mess, but events there are merely a symptom of something larger.
Opinion piece
15 April 2014
Germany relishes role of hegemon, but is not able to play the part
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble recently declared that the European Union has “moved sovereignty to the European level” – a startling claim,
Opinion piece
14 April 2014
Appreciate the yuan depreciation
Since the beginning of this year, the renminbi has been depreciating against the US dollar. That marked a departure from the earlier trend of the Chin
Opinion piece
13 March 2014
Managing 50 years of Troika debt repayments
Europe faces a delicate long-term balancing act to reconcile the interests of creditors and debtors. History will reward generosity.
Opinion piece
07 March 2014
Tectonic shifts
Europe has just started a long journey of discovery. Banking union amounts to a regime change for European finance. Even as prospects for the first st
Opinion piece
13 February 2014
The ECB is much too stodgy
The euro fuelled a leveraged bet that went bad. The ECB is best positioned to orchestrate the painful sharing of losses. If the ECB does not reinvent
Opinion piece
13 February 2014
Taking the mandate of the ECB seriously
The ECB must achieve price stability in the euro area and contribute to the general economic objectives of the Union, if its price stability mandate a
Opinion piece
13 February 2014
The ECB’s bridge too far
The line between audacity and hubris is a fine one. Rather than constituting a great success, OMT may well be remembered as an error born of expedienc
Opinion piece
13 February 2014
France and Germany must both change economic strategy
A more balanced economic strategy in the two countries is crucial to help the peripheral countries solve their own predicaments and ensure the sustain
Opinion piece
24 January 2014
Un grand pas pour l'Europe, mais le déficit démocratique demeure
Le 18 décembre, les ministres des finances européens ont annoncé un accord sur la mise en place d'un mécanisme de résolution unique (MRU) pour le trai
Opinion piece
17 January 2014
2014 Financial Odyssey
The European Banking Union matures in 2014, with the ECB assuming its role as single supervisor. This column outlines the transition to the new steady
Opinion piece
14 January 2014
Let’s not wait for a saviour
As a despondent year ends, there appear rays of hope. A healing world economy should help economic growth pick up. At home, a new Central government c
Opinion piece
13 January 2014
The ghost of Deauville
On 19 October 2010, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy agreed that in future, sovereign bailouts from the European Stability Mechanism would require th
Opinion piece
13 January 2014
Europe’s Institutional Mismatches Will Create More Turbulence in 2014 than in 2013
2013 has been a remarkably calm year in Europe, arguably the calmest since the onset of financial crisis in 2007.
Opinion piece
10 January 2014
Monetary policy cannot solve secular stagnation
What role can quantitative easing play? I am not quite as negative on QE as Olivier Blanchard but certainly agree that it cannot fundamentally solve t