Opinion pieces
Bruegel fellows often write guest commentary for major media outlets
Opinion piece
13 September 2013
Brussels drops the call on Europe's single digital market
The European Commission's reforms are too coy about making the changes that would create a true digital single market.
Opinion piece
12 August 2013
The euro area needs a German miracle
Recent sentiment indicators of the euro area are encouraging but return to lasting health of the euro area economy will still require major further st
Opinion piece
09 July 2013
EU trade with Myanmar and the grasshopper problem
The European Union’s decision to reinstate Burmese access to the generalised scheme of tariff preferences (GSP) was the right move, bec
Opinion piece
08 July 2013
The rupee’s wake-up call
The Indian rupee has weakened rapidly in recent months, with the exchange rate against the US dollar dropping by 11%, to around 60 rupees, since early
Opinion piece
07 June 2013
Mehr Augen sehen mehr
Soll Deutschland einer gemeinsamen Bankenaufsicht auf EU-Ebene zustimmen, oder gibt Berlin dadurch zu viele Kompetenzen auf?
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Misreading the Global Economy
In April 2010, the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook offered an optimistic assessment of the global economy, describing a
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Europe’s Troika should grow up
In early 2010, a group of men (and a few women) in dark suits landed in Athens. They belonged to a global institution, the International Monetary Fund
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Germany must lead by example on fixing its banks
Charles Kindleberger, the pre-eminent historian of financial crises, described a hegemon as a country willing to accept short-term costs for the sake
Opinion piece
06 June 2013
Chinese solar panels - economics or politics?
Unless appropriately managed, the ongoing row on the proposed EU tariffs on solar panel imports from China has the potential to lead to a serious trad