# Publications

Memo to the commissioner responsible for defence

You face the major challenges of Russian imperialism in the context of a potential United States retreat from Europe and a complex EU defence situation in which defence governance is spread across EU countries and variou...

5th September 2024 by Guntram Wolff 90 views

# Blog, Interviews

Europe may be the world’s AI referee, but referees don’t win

The EU needs to invest in homegrown technology. This opinion piece was originally published in Politico. The European Commission’s Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager has been tasked with developing a European st...

19th February 2020 by Guntram Wolff 1425 views

# Publications

Braver, greener, fairer: Memos to the EU leadership 2019-2024

This collected volume, edited by Maria Demertzis and myself, focuses on the most important economic questions at EU level. The memos covering 16 different files and written by 21 Bruegel scholars, are intended to present...

10th September 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1610 views

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# Publications

What drives national implementation of EU policy recommendations?

We use a newly-compiled dataset to investigate whether and why European Union countries implement the economic policy recommendations they receive from the EU. We find that implementation rates are modest and have worsen...

25th April 2019 by Guntram Wolff 1923 views

# Blog

What future for Europe?

The Commission’s White Paper on the future of the EU sets out five scenarios, but misses some of the fundamental questions facing Europe. How should the EU interact with its neighbourhood? How can we manage the ten...

17th March 2017 by Guntram Wolff 33766 views

# Blog

How can Europe escape recession in 2015?

2014 will be remembered for two major unexpected developments. First, the European Union was caught by surprise by the return of geopolitics. The annexation of Crimea, the military conflict in Ukraine and the increasing ...

23rd December 2014 by Guntram Wolff 3153 views

# Blog

Measuring Europe’s investment problem

The President of the European Commission is worried about the investment situation in Europe and has taken the initiative to propose a €300 billion investment plan to the December European Council meeting. Under the lead...

24th November 2014 by Guntram Wolff 2529 views

# Publications

EU to DO 2015-2019: Memos to the new EU leadership

‘There is now a distinct possibility that this crisis will be remembered as the occasion when Europe irretrievably lost ground, both economically and politically’. This was the starting sentence of our memos to the new E...

4th September 2014 by Guntram Wolff 2667 views

# Blog

Why Juncker’s industrial goals are unlikely to be achieved

‘Industrial policy is back!’ This is the message given by the President Elect of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, at his confirmation by the European Parliament yesterday. In his speech, Juncker said &...

16th July 2014 by Guntram Wolff 2257 views

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# Publications

The great transformation: Memo to the incoming EU Presidents

The European Union’s leadership spent the last five years fighting an acute and existential crisis. The next five years, under your leadership, will be no less difficult. You will have to tackle difficult economic and in...

3rd July 2014 by Guntram Wolff 2931 views