# Blog, Interviews

Fit for war in decades: sluggish German rearmament versus surging Russian defence production

This article was first published for German newspaper FAZ (pdf). The English version was put out by Bruegel. Russia’s war against Ukraine is one of attrition (Vershinin, 2024), notwithstanding the daring Ukrainian operat...

16th September 2024 by Guntram B. Wolff, Alexandr Burilkov, Katelyn Bushnell, Ivan Kharitonov 131 views

# Publications

Fit for war in decades: Europe’s and Germany’s slow rearmament vis-a-vis Russia

War is back in Europe and as it becomes long-lasting, the question of armament gains central im-portance. This report finds that Russian military industrial capacities have been rising strongly in the last two years, wel...

11th September 2024 by Guntram Wolff, Alexandr Burilkov, Katelyn Bushnell, Ivan Kharitonov 129 views

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# Blog

Germany’s even larger than expected fiscal surpluses: Is there a link with the constitutional debt brake?

Germany is having a political debate on the adjustment of its budgetary plans due to revised forecasts, and an academic debate on the debt brake. Yet, since 2011, general government revenues and surpluses have been syste...

13th May 2019 by Guntram Wolff 8986 views

# podcast

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...

28th September 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1966 views

# Blog

Future European priorities

This piece was written for Nikkei Veritas “Budgets are not bookkeeping exercises – they are about priorities and ambition. So let’s first discuss about the Europe we want.” – These are the words of the President of the E...

13th March 2018 by Guntram Wolff 1617 views

# Interviews

Reform der Eurozone – Was wollen Brüssel, Paris und Berlin?

Ich diskutiere im Deutschlandfunk mit Udo Bullmann, Mitglied des Europaparlaments (SPD) Sven Giegold, Mitglied des Europaparlaments (Grüne) Wolf Klinz, Mitglied des Europaparlaments (FDP) Hier ist der podcast http://podc...

13th December 2017 by Guntram Wolff 1755 views

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# Publications

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...

1st December 2017 by Guntram Wolff 2677 views