My column in the MoneyReview section of Kathimerini (GR)

(Appears regularly in Financieele Dagblad (NL) Boersen Zeitung (DE), in Sole24Ore (IT), Le Monde, (FR), Les Echo (FR), L'Echo (BE), De Tijd (BE), NRC, (NL) and is republished in El Economista (ES), Bruegel, the Cyprus Economics Society blog and Cyprus Mail)

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2024

1. Industrial policy for economic security, (here in Greek), April 17, 2024.

2. Spend it a home: current account surpluses in the EU, (here in Greek), April 2, 2024

3. The European Central Bank, inflation tolerance and the last mile, (here in Greek), March 20, 2024.

4. A confused EU, (here in Greek), March 6, 2024.

5. Two years later, (here in Greek), February 13, 2024.

6. The EU’s ambitions: scale, strategic investments and skills, (here in Greek), January 31, 2024

7. Macroeconomic policy frameworks in the EU: in need of renewal, (here in Greek), January 16, 2024.

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2023

1. Artificial intelligence and energy consumption, (here in Greek), December 12, 2023.

2. Why I’m not concerned about the billions of central bank “losses”, (here in Greek), November 28, 2023, (FT specialist, Banking, Risk and Regulation)

3. The limits of the effectiveness of EU sanctions on Russia, (here in Greek), November 14, 2023

4. There is no such thing as normality, (here in Greek), November 2, 2023

5. Capital Markets Union, or else what? (here in Greek), October 17, 2023

6. The digital euro's communication gap, (here in Greek), October 3, 2023.

7. The tyranny of EU treaties, (here in Greek), September 19, 2023.

8. On migration, (here in Greek), July 18, 2023.

9. From economic policy to economic statecraft, (here in Greek), July 4, 2023.

10. The US and the euro area must speed up their digital currency efforts, (here in Greek), June 20, 2023 (with Josh Lipsky).

11. De-risking as an economic strategy, (here in Greek), June 6, 2023.

12. Looking backwards not forwards: why has the European Central Bank been slow to react?, (here in Greek) May 23, 2023.

13. Bank of Russia’s immobilised assets: what happens next?, (here in Greek), May 9, 2023.

14. De-dollarisation, (here in Greek), April 25, 2023.

15. A change of tack on EU-China relations, (here in Greek), April 11, 2023.

16. Doing 'whatever it takes' to save the banks, (here in Greek), March 28, 2023. 

17. There are no shortcuts to finance, (here in Greek), March 14, 2023.

18. One year in ten numbers, (here in Greek, published originally in Kathimerini on Sunday), February 24, 2023.

19. Are sanctions against Russia working? (here in Greek), February 14, 2023.

20. The EU response to the United States Inflation Reduction Act, (here in Greek), January 31, 2023.

21. Concessional climate finance: the Bridgetown Initiative. (here in Greek), January 17, 2023

 

2022

1. Central Bank digital currencies as weapons of finance?, (here in Greek), December 14, 2022.

2. Why do European Countries join the EU? (here in Greek), December, 2, 2022.

3. Next Generation EU, an underused facility (here in Greek), November 15, 2022.

4. Political Cooperation does not mean economic dependence, (here in Greek), November 1, 2022.

5. The critical importance of chips – and having a plan for them, (here in Greek,) October 18, 2022

6. The importance of being fiscally earnest, (here in Greek), October 7, 2022.

7. A Cold Winter, (here in Greek), September 20, 2022.

8. Euro-dollar parity: beyond symbolism, (here in Greek), July 19, 2022.

9. Is MiCA the end of the crypto wild-west?, (here in Greek), July 5, 2022.

10. Ukraine and what it means for European Union enlargement, (here in Greek), June 14, 2022.

11. Three headaches for the European Central Bank, (here in Greek), May 31, 2022.

12. Buy now, pay later: the age of digital credit, (here in Greek), May 17, 2022.

13. Repurposing the peace dividend. (here in Greek), April 26, 2022.

14. War on Ukraine, the day after, (here in Greek) April 5, 2022. 

15. The week inflation became entrenched, (here in Greek), also here in Financieele Dagblad March 3, 2022)

16. The weakness of average inflation targeting, (here in Greek), Feb. 22, 2022.

17. A new EU treaty to fight climate change, (here in Greek), Feb. 8, 2022.

18. NFTs: the new chapter in cryptocurrencies, (here in Greek), Jan. 25, 2022.

19. The euro comes of age, (here in Greek), Jan. 11, 2022.

 

2021

1. Inflation ideology: camp permanent or camp temporary?, (here in Greek, also  here in Financieele Dagblad), Dec. 7, 2021.

2. Growth and inflation after the pandemic in the EU (here in Greek), November 17. 

3. Is the ECB right to take on climate change? (here in Greek), November 2, 2021.

4. Χρηματοοικονομικός αλφαβητισμός για βιώσιμη ανάπτυξη, (only in Greek), October 19, 2021.

5. The future of productivity, (here in Greek), September 28, 2021.

6. El Salvador’s great crypto experiment, (here in Greek) , September 14, 2021.

7. Who should pay the climate bill? (here in Greek), July 7, 2021.

8. What to expect from the ECB’s monetary policy strategy review?, (here in Greek) June 23, 2021.

9. Climate Change and lifestyle choices, (here in Greek) June 8, 2021.

10. Νέοι κανόνες για νέες συνθήκες, May 27, 2021.

11. Crypto...mania, (here in Greek), May 11, 2021.

12. Central bank currencies going digital,  (here in Greek), 27 April 2021.

13. More Europe or less Europe? (here in Greek), April 14.

14. Financial literacy and the fearless woman, (here in Greek) 30 March 2021.

15. The four pillars of a digital strategy, (here in Greek) 16 March 2021.

16. A K-shaped recovery and the role of fiscal policy,  (here in Greek) 2 March 2021.

17. Continuing fiscal support and the risk of inflation, (shorter version here in Greek), 17 February 2021.

18. Strategic autonomy or strategic alliance? (here in Greek) 2 February 2021.

19. An EU – China investment deal: a second look, (here in Greek), 19 January 2021.

20. Regulation in the era of matchmaking economics, (here in Greek), 5 January 2021.

21. The Biden promise, (here in Greek), 22 December 2020.

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Other Opeds

1. We got it wrong on windfall taxes, Banking, Risk and Regulation, FT specialist, September 21, 2023, (invited).

2. Το διάταγμα το Πούτιν για το αέριο: μια απόπειρα αποκρυπτογράφησης, Καθημερινή, 30 Απριλίου. Also in FD (here).

3. Επανεξέταση του Συμφώνου Σταθερότητας, Ναυτεμπορική, 29 Jan. 2022

4. A new model for growth in Europe, EESC official newsletter, 13 Jan. 2022.

5. A role for the Recovery and Resilience Facility in a new fiscal framework, (here in Greek) Kathimerini 9 Jan. 2022.

6. Crypto- and CBD Currencies: What is the Future of Digital Finance?, Speech given at the Belgian Financial Forum, 12 October 2021.

7. US-EU relations in the first year of President Biden: a view from Brussels, (Le Grand Continent in French, here), 8 December, 2021.

8. The inconsistency in global strategic relations, Η ασυνέπεια των παγκόσμιων στρατηγικών σχέσεων, Καθημερινή, 10 October 2021.

9. Europe must fix its fiscal rules, Financial Times, May 25th, 2021.

10. Are we out of the woods yet? also in Greek, Περιμένoντας το εμβόλιο, Published in Kathimerini, 13 December, 2020.

11. Can households in the EU make ends meet?, Published in E-Kathimerini, 20 July 2020, also Τα βγάζουν πέρα τα νοικοκυριά; Published in Καθημερινή, 13 Ιουλίου 2020, also published in El Pais, ¿Pueden las familias resistir este ‘shock’? with Marta Dominguez Jimenez and Annamaria Lusardi.

12. Το ταμείο ανάκαμψης: πόσο και πώς, Tα Νέα, 4 Ιουλίου 2020.

13. Save the markets to save the single market, 15 May, also published in Kathimerini, 24 May 2020.

14. The perils of more debt, with Nicola Viegi, 10 April.

15. OMT “tactics” Or Why OMT is not the solution for Italy right now, and in Kathimerini, 15 March 2020.

16. Inflation Targets as focal points, E-Kthimerini, 16 March 2020, Αναθεωρώντας το νομισματικό πλαίσιο της ΕΚΤ,24 Φεβρουαρίου 2020, Καθημερινή, with Nicola Viegi.

17. Η ενεργειακή μετάβαση είναι η μεγάλη ευκαιρία της Ελλάδος, 16 Φεβρουαρίου, 2020. Πρώτο Θέμα.

18. Η πραγματικότητα την επόμενη μέρα του Brexit in Καθημερινή 2 Φεβρουαρίου 2020, Realpolitik na Brexit biedt Londen Kansen niet de rest van het Land, Financieele Dagblad, 31 Januari 2020, also in English, The Realpolitik of the day after Brexit, January 31 2020.

19. Δύο αναγκαία βήματα για το κοινό νόμισμα, 4 Ιανουαρίου, Kathimerini, Special Issue for 2020.

20. The WTO is dead: long live the WTO? or Greek version published in Καθημερινή, 30 Δεκεμβρίου 2019, εδώ.

21. Οικονομικές προτεραιότητες για τη νέα ηγεσία της Ε.Ε., Καθημερινή, 18 Αυγούστου 2019.

22. Ευρωεκλογές και το μέλλον της Ευρώπης, Έθνος, Μάιος 28 2019.

23. Brexit: When in doubt, slow down, with Nicola Viegi, La Voz de Galicia, March 29 2019.

24. Οι τεταμένες διατλαντικές σχέσεις βάζουν την ΕΕ σε δύσκολη θέση, Capital. gr, 28 Φεβρουαρίου 2019.

25. The EU and the US: a relationship in motion, Clingendael Institute den Haag, 28 July, 2017.

26. Eurozone QE and bank profitability: Why it is too early to taper, with Guntram Wolff, 8 December 2016, on El Economista, Finance, Hospodárské Noviny, and Tagesspiegel.