Policy brief
05 June 2020
The euro never challenged the US dollar, and its international status declined with the euro crisis. Faced with a US administration willing to use its
Opinion piece
23 January 2020
While the euro is now a leading global currency and the European Central Bank has become a comprehensive banking supervisor, Europe’s markets have bee
Policy brief
10 October 2019
The debate on euro adoption by central European EU countries has intensified in the last years. In this Policy Contribution the author does not review
External publication
25 September 2019
Since the second half of 2018, signs of a slowdown have been piling up in the euro area. The ECB will face major challenges in this potentially diffic
Podcast
18 September 2019
Hybrid attacks are fast, dynamic and ever-evolving. They can cross borders and span industries. They are best dealt with at the national level, but wi
Policy brief
12 September 2019
The authors document the rise in hybrid threats and cyber attacks in the European Union. Exploring preparations to increase the resilience of the fina
Podcast
05 September 2019
Backstage at the Bruegel Annual Meetings, Nicholas Barrett talks with Zsolt Darvas on Europe's monetary union.
Event
08 July 2019
What does the new Eurozone budget do, and what does it not do? What are its strengths and weaknesses?
Policy brief
03 July 2019
Memo to the president of the European Central Bank. Grégory Claeys, Maria Demertzis and Francesco Papadia present the challenges that the next ECB pre
Blog post
27 June 2019
Before it is decided who will chair the governing council for the next eight years, the authors look back and examine precisely how decisions have bee
Blog post
24 June 2019
The Eurogroup met on June 13th to discuss the deepening of the economic and monetary union (EMU) and prepare the discussions for the Euro Summit. From
External publication
08 April 2019
This speech was delivered by Guntram Wolff at the Informal ECOFIN Meeting in Bucharest on 5 April 2019.
Policy brief
04 April 2019
This Policy Contribution was written for the Informal ECOFIN Meeting, Bucharest, 5 April 2019. The authors look at the EU’s economic agenda, discussin
Event
27 February 2019
Who tends to get the blame for the Euro crisis in national media? What do national politicians think about the EU and EMU?
Working paper
19 February 2019
The author proposes a tilting approach to steer the allocation of the Eurosystem’s assets and collateral towards low-carbon sectors, which would reduc
Blog post
20 November 2018
Since the European Central Bank’s announcement of its quantitative easing (QE) programme in January 2015, national central banks have been buying gove