Halloo Europa
My contribution to the main Finnish talk show on Europe on yle.fi, in English with subtitles. Looking back at 2017 and forward to 2018....
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A German crisis?
This opinion piece was published in Caixin and Caixin(English). Jamaica has failed: the negotiations to form a new government in Germany by the so-called “Jamaica” partners, named after the colours of the parties that a...
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Die EZB ist als Institution ein Erfolg
Mein letztes Interview in Die Presse. Hier das pdf....
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The European Commission should drop its ill-designed idea of a finance minister
This opinion piece was published on Politico, La Republicca, Die Zeit, Kathimerini, and others. As always, the respective titles in the newspapers were NOT drafted by me. European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker...
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Beyond the Juncker and Schäuble visions of euro-area governance
This policy brief was first published on Bruegel.org. It is widely covered in the press. The issue Two diametrically opposed visions of the euro-area architecture have been put forward. European Commission president Jean...
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German wages, the Phillips curve and migration in the euro area
This post studies why wages in Germany have not borne strong increases despite a relatively strong labour market. I list four reasons why announcing the death of the Phillips curve – the negative relationship between une...
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Interview in Il Sole24 on breakdown of Jamaica negotiation (in Italian)
My interview is here. “L’impasse nella formazione governativa in Germania potrebbe portare a una paralisi in campo europeo e a congelare (blow back) le riforme strutturali proposte dal presidente francese Emmanuel Macr...
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