# Blog

Is Europe drifting towards a hard Brexit?

Theresa May’s recently announced that she will trigger Article 50 no later than March 2017. Guntram Wolff debriefs May’s speech and the implications for the future of EU-UK relations. This op-ed was orignally...

6th October 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2361 views

# Blog

Draghi enteignet die Sparer nicht

This text was published in Manager Magazin. Debatte über die EZB ja – aber bitte sachlich Die EZB reagiert mit ihrer Geldpolitik nur auf die schwache wirtschaftliche Lage. Sie ist nicht dafür zuständig, für hohe R...

28th September 2016 by Guntram Wolff 3191 views

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Testimony on Brexit to the French senate (in French)

Travaux de Commission – Groupe de suivi sur le retrait du Royaume-Uni Table ronde avec la Fondation Robert Schuman, l’Institut Bruegel et l’Institut Montaigne 27 Septembre 2016 – Senat, Paris Link video. ——&#...

28th September 2016 by Guntram Wolff 1940 views

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The Continental Partnership proposal: a reply to five main criticisms

The proposal for a Continental Partnership (CP) has received a great deal of attention. Two of the authors, André Sapir and Guntram Wolff, clarify some misunderstandings and respond to five key criticisms. They argue tha...

27th September 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2975 views

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The difficulties of defining EU-UK economic relations

This op-ed was originally published in El Economista, Manager Magazin, Nikkei Veritas, Nikkei Asian Review, and O Globo. Negotiations on the UK’s exit from the EU have not yet begun, but the UK leadership needs to ...

22nd July 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2045 views

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Markets and broken promises in the UK referendum

After four days of violent market reactions to the prospects of Brexit, markets have paused and gained in strength slightly. Why has that happened? In the wake of the referendum result of June 23, financial market...

29th June 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2339 views

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Six lessons about “real” people, Brexit, and the EU

The result of the UK referendum on 23 June has been portrayed as a victory for “real people”. But what consequences will the result have, and how should the UK and EU now react? “…this will be a victor...

27th June 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2591 views

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Berlin and Paris need a strategy for Brexit

Which political strategy should the EU and its biggest two members, France and Germany, pursue if the UK were to leave? This op-ed was originally published in Bruegel, International Business Times, Kathimerini, and Diari...

4th June 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2272 views

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The three dangers of Brexit

This op-ed was originally published in Bruegel, Nikkei, Nikkei Asian Review, Manager Magazin, Finance, Sina and Naftemporiki. It will also appear in Gazeta Prawna, Público and Hospodarske Noviny. As the June 23 U.K. ref...

30th May 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2516 views

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Testimony on European Deposit Insurance System

I gave a presentation to the European Parliament’s ECON committee on European deposit insurance. Below is a summary of the main points I made, also published on Bruegel. It is welcome that the European Union and th...

23rd May 2016 by Guntram Wolff 2483 views