Reforming Europe’s Fiscal Architecture
Piece was first published on Internationale Politik Quarterly. The drive to change the EU’s fiscal rules has fizzled out, an agreement before the June 2024 European elections is unlikely. However, Europe cannot ignore it...
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Auf die größere Rolle der EU bei den Ausgaben sollten auch strengere Regeln folgen
Dieser Beitrag erschien zuerst in der Welt am 8.11.2023. Obwohl die Schuldenbekämpfung notwendig ist, müssen die EU-Mitgliedstaaten umfangreiche Kosten stemmen – etwa für die Energiewende. Damit die Europäische Union auc...
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China-Strategie: das Mercosurabkommen abschließen
Gastbeitrag in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). Dieser Artikel ist erstmal als Gastbeitrag in der FAZ am 10. Juli 2023 erschienen. Sie können den vollen Text hier lesen. ...
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Hybrid and cybersecurity threats and the European Union’s financial system
This policy contribution (pdf) was written for and presented at the informal meeting of EU finance ministers and central bank governors (Informal ECOFIN) in Helsinki, 13 September 2019. Increasing cyber and hybrid risks...
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Promoting sustainable and inclusive growth and convergence in the European Union
This Policy Contribution was written for the Informal ECOFIN Meeting, Bucharest, 5 April 2019. The authors look at the EU’s economic agenda, discussing the priorities for the next five years. It can be downloaded HERE. M...
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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...
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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...
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Tax harmonization in Europe: Moving forward
The debate on tax competition opposes those who praise its positive effect on government efficiency, and those who accuse it of distorting public choices, inducing inequality but also undermining the functioning of marke...
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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...
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