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    Wolfgang Münchau

    Former European Commentator

    Wolfgang Münchau was an associate editor of the Financial Times, where he wrote a weekly column about the European Union and the European economy. Before taking up this position in September 2003, he was co-editor of Financial Times Deutschland for two years.

    Before joining FT Deutschland, Mr Münchau was a Frankfurt correspondent and later economics correspondent of the Financial Times, reporting on the preparation for the final stage of monetary union and the launch of the euro.

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    • Sunday, 27 September, 2020
      European Union
      Complacent insiders sow the seeds of their own demise

      Different qualities help nonconformist challengers to succeed

    • Sunday, 20 September, 2020
      European Union
      Beware of smoke and mirrors in the EU’s recovery fund

      National political pressures will divert money from truly worthwhile projects

    • Sunday, 13 September, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Sweden’s Covid-19 experiment holds a worldwide warning

      Do not jump to conclusions about lockdowns before all the data is in and analysed

    • Sunday, 6 September, 2020
      Eurozone economy
      ECB should ignore latest central bank inflation fad

      There are more pressing real economy issues than tweaking its price targeting regime

    • Sunday, 30 August, 2020
      Eurozone economy
      Europe needs to avoid a ‘decade of forbearance’

      Otherwise its economy will emerge from this crisis weakened, yet again

    • Sunday, 23 August, 2020
      Brexit
      The risk of a no-deal Brexit is rising, and that’s no bad thing

      The EU cannot deny the UK the same discretionary approach of its own competition policy

    • Sunday, 19 July, 2020
      Central banks
      A flexible inflation target is not a panacea

      Central banks are attracted to a policy that would give them more flexibility during a crisis, but it has downsides

    • Sunday, 12 July, 2020
      Technology sector
      Covid-19 will finally mark the end of the analogue age

      The pandemic has accelerated society’s shift to a more digital world

    • Sunday, 5 July, 2020
      Eurozone reform
      Will Angela Merkel save Europe?

      Solving the EU’s problems will take more than her coronavirus recovery plan

    • Sunday, 28 June, 2020
      Eurozone economy
      A rapid rebound would challenge EU contradictions

      While welcome, swift economic recovery would pose awkward questions for monetary and fiscal policy

    • Sunday, 21 June, 2020
      Trade disputes
      A truly ugly transatlantic trade war is looming

      Both the US and EU are being unreasonable, be it over digital taxes, food, gas or cars

    • Sunday, 14 June, 2020
      3D printing
      3D printing can be a real source for optimism

      The Covid-19 lockdown could provide the boost the technology needs

    • Sunday, 7 June, 2020
      Brexit
      The UK and EU are facing the most extreme version of Brexit

      Political miscalculations have harmed negotiations that could well fail to secure a trade deal

    • Sunday, 31 May, 2020
      EU economy
      Europe cannot fudge its way to a federal future

      The EU’s emergency budget increase is not all it seems, and Germany is still no convert to a fiscal union

    • Sunday, 24 May, 2020
      European Union
      China is pitting EU countries against each other

      Italy’s lurch towards full-blown Euroscepticism threatens the bloc’s stability

    • Sunday, 17 May, 2020
      European Union
      A failure of storytelling is stoking identity politics in Europe

      To defeat Euroscepticism, leaders in Brussels must change the narrative 

    • Sunday, 10 May, 2020
      European Central Bank
      The European Central Bank is deluding itself over German court ruling

      A smart response would be for the EU to address the problems of the eurozone head on

    • Sunday, 3 May, 2020
      European Central Bank
      Don’t blame German judges if they say No to ECB asset purchases

      It would be the underlying law and EU treaty that needs changing, not the ruling

    • Sunday, 26 April, 2020
      EU economy
      How to think about the EU’s rescue fund

      We do not need another big lending programme; equity investments would get us out of the credit-versus-loans debate

    • Sunday, 19 April, 2020
      Eurozone economy
      Italy is in more danger than the eurozone will acknowledge

      It is hard to overstate the turn to Euroscepticism. It will not go away when lockdown ends

    • Sunday, 12 April, 2020
      Eurozone economy
      How the next euro crisis could unfold

      What if Italy cannot service its debt and a future government is tempted to default?

    • Sunday, 5 April, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Germany’s testing success looks real — for now

      But statistics that show how many days one country is behind another are humbug

    • Sunday, 29 March, 2020
      Eurozone reform
      Go-it-alone eurozone ‘coronabonds’ are worth the risk

      Nine countries can make a stand for sharing the fiscal burden of the pandemic

    • Sunday, 22 March, 2020
      Coronavirus
      Europe needs a new scale of stimulus — and cash not credit

      Direct payments should be made to citizens and companies

    • Sunday, 15 March, 2020
      European Union
      Eurozone stability is under threat again

      Without a co-ordinated response, national stimulus policies will end up increasing imbalances

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