Shared prosperity for the EU and north Africa
Bruegel’s director Guntram Wolff looks at north Africa’s economic growth in the light of the region’s trade agreements with the EU, welcoming Karim El Aynaoui and Uri Dadush to the Backstage series on &...
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What Syrian refugees need to return home
This episode of the Director’s Cut features a conversation between Bruegel’s director, Guntram Wolff and Maha Yahya, the director of the Carnegie Middle East Center. Mrs Yahya gives us her views on the Syrian refugee sit...
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How to reform and fortify the global financial system
In this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ Guntram Wolff is joined by Bruegel’s mercator senior fellow Jean Pisani-Ferry, and by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, chair of the G20 Eminent Persons Group. A report from the E...
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How does Italy’s budget fit with EU fiscal rules?
In this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’, Guntram Wolff welcomes Bruegel research fellow Grégory Claeys to assess how the new Italian budget proposals measure up against the existing EU fiscal rules. Italy’s ne...
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The Italian government budget proposal for 2019
Guntram Wolff welcomes Bruegel affiliate fellow Silvia Merler to evaluate the Italian government’s planned budget for 2019, in this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ Six months after its election, Italy’s coalit...
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Developing the EU-China relationship amid rising global trade tensions
Following a conference at Bruegel, at a critical moment for the global economic system, Bruegel director Guntram Wolff is joined by Zhang Weiwei, director at The China Institute of Fudan University, together with Bruegel...
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Europe’s migration policy challenge
Immigration is one of the most contentious policy matters currently facing the EU. In this Director’s Cut of ‘The Sound of Economics’ Bruegel director Guntram Wolff welcomes Ana Palacio, member of the Spanish council of ...
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Turkey’s crisis and what should be Europe’s response
I welcome Brad Setser, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Jean Pisani-Ferry, mercator senior fellow at Bruegel, to discuss the deterioration of Turkey’s economy. Although a recent souring of rel...
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The drama of the EU and the euro area
I discuss with Ashoka Mody, visiting professor in international economic policy at Princeton University his latest book “Euro tragedy: a drama in nine acts”. We talk about the legacy of Helmut Kohl, the role...
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