Opinion pieces

Die Nachbarländer in die Energiewende einbinden

Wenn die europäische Dimension der Energiewende nicht im Koalitionsvertrag berücksichtigt wird, wird Deutschland mit einer nur am Ausgleich einheimisc

Georg Zachmann

The ECB’s big moment

Europe’s banking union project has had many doubters since it started to be widely discussed in the spring of 2012. What is not in doubt, however, is

Nicolas Véron

Manufacturing Europe's growth

Europe's policies should focus on the high-end industries that are driving Europe's productivity growth.

André Sapir and Reinhilde Veugelers

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

Mario Mariniello

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

Guntram B. Wolff

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

Ashoka Mody

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.

Guntram B. Wolff

Making the internal electricity market work

Why the economic pressure to create a comprehensive internal energy market is building

Georg Zachmann

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

Ashoka Mody

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

André Sapir and Guntram B. Wolff

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

Mario Mariniello

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.

Mario Mariniello

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

Guntram B. Wolff

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

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

Ashoka Mody

Mehr Augen sehen mehr

Soll Deutschland einer gemeinsamen Bankenaufsicht auf EU-Ebene zustimmen, oder gibt Berlin dadurch zu viele Kompetenzen auf?

Guntram B. Wolff