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Wolfgang Münchau

European Commentator

Wolfgang Münchau is an associate editor of the Financial Times, where he writes 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.

Wolfgang Münchau is an associate editor of the Financial Times, where he writes 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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Italy politics

Italy’s referendum holds the key to the future of the euro

On December 5, Europe could wake up to an immediate threat of disintegration

Wolfgang Münchau

November 20, 2016 5:02 pm
Central Banks

The end of the era of central bank independence

Trump and May will start subverting system by appointing politically compliant governors

Wolfgang Münchau

November 13, 2016 4:57 pm
Political Populism

How to quell the politics of insurrection

The Brexit campaign showed the opposite: deny any problem and scare voters

Wolfgang Münchau

November 6, 2016 5:45 pm
Brexit

The Nissan deal hints at a route for Brexit Britain

The longer the interim period, the softer the Brexit. That might be the face-saving compromise

Wolfgang Münchau

October 30, 2016 6:30 pm
EU trade

Ceta debacle heralds a period of disintegration for the EU

Weak on Putin, absent in Syria, baffled by the eurozone — now it can’t do trade deals

Wolfgang Münchau

October 24, 2016 9:03 pm
Brexit

Britain and Europe share an interest in an amicable split

For the British, it would make sense to fast-track a free-trade agreement

Wolfgang Münchau

October 22, 2016 4:30 pm
Global Trade

The monstrous battle to secure a trade deal

If it cannot strike a pact with Canada, the EU will not be in a position to agree a UK deal

Wolfgang Münchau

October 16, 2016 4:51 pm
Brexit

The shock that will shift a nation’s business model

Wartime defeat made Germany and Japan reinvent themselves. Brexit could do so for Britain

Wolfgang Münchau

October 9, 2016 5:58 pm
Columnists

The left in Europe needs to change political course

The UK Labour party’s leftward march may not be a lost cause

Wolfgang Münchau

October 2, 2016 5:32 pm
Political Populism

Scare stories will not stop populist insurrections

Unpredictable electorates will no longer be cowed

Wolfgang Münchau

September 25, 2016 2:27 pm
Brexit

Europe’s leaders focus on the next distraction

The degree of integration is no longer determined by what you believe in, but by what you need

Wolfgang Münchau

September 18, 2016 11:30 am
Germany politics

Prepare for a power shift after Germany’s general election

At the moment the executive is strong, the legislature is weak. This is going to reverse

Wolfgang Münchau

September 11, 2016 3:24 pm
Global Trade

The transatlantic trade pact that risks more harm than good

As real incomes stagnate voters have concluded that economic gains benefit everyone but them

Wolfgang Münchau

September 4, 2016 6:15 pm
Brexit

Remainers fighting the wrong battle will harden Brexit

The pro-Europe crowd should have moved on to argue the case for the closest possible relationship

Wolfgang Münchau

August 28, 2016 3:01 pm
European Union

The high price of Europe’s misguided pragmatism

The sustainable solution consists of a more integrated eurozone and a less integrated EU

Wolfgang Münchau

July 24, 2016 1:27 pm
Brexit

How to make Brexit manageable

The master plan was as clear on the general direction as it was naive about the technical details

Wolfgang Münchau

July 17, 2016 5:09 pm
Brexit

An EEA-minus deal for the UK is wishful thinking

Britain’s idea is like John Major’s hard ecu: France and Germany are not interested

Wolfgang Münchau

July 10, 2016 2:33 pm
Brexit

Britain must pursue its EU exit options

Joining the EEA is one solution, or the country could pursue a bilateral trade agreement

Wolfgang Münchau

July 3, 2016 1:01 pm
Brexit

Brexit: The Norway option is the best available for the UK

European Economic Area membership is the least economically damaging course for the UK to take

Wolfgang Münchau

June 28, 2016 12:18 pm
Brexit

Italy may be the next domino to fall

The country has a decisive referendum in October

Wolfgang Münchau

June 26, 2016 12:55 pm
Brexit

Britain left the EU decades before the referendum

I am torn between fear of disintegration and hope that Brexit will force the bloc to fix its faults

Wolfgang Münchau

June 24, 2016 9:48 am
Brexit

European values are more important than economics

Many emerging countries have shunned Europe and chosen a finance-based US-style model of capitalism

Wolfgang Münchau

June 19, 2016 6:43 pm
Brexit

If Brexit wins out, let Britain go in peace

A nation’s wealth rests on its skills and policies — it is hard to see how leaving would change that

Wolfgang Münchau

June 12, 2016 12:38 pm
Eurozone economy

The eurozone cannot escape political and fiscal union

The idea of crisis resolution through insurance suffers from an internal contradiction

Wolfgang Münchau

June 5, 2016 6:26 pm
Turkey

The real threat to Europe lies in the Aegean

In its negotiations with Turkey over the refugee crisis Europe has lost the moral high ground

Wolfgang Münchau

May 29, 2016 12:53 pm
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