The Price of War | Fiscal Policy and EMU Governance Conference 2025

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 4 on geopolitical tensions and fiscal implications of war on the second day of the Fiscal Policy and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) Governance conference. The conference is co-organised by the ECB and Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF.

Chair: Era Dabla-Norris, International Monetary Fund

The price of war
Jonathan Federle, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, together with André Meier, Gernot Müller, Moritz Schularick
Discussant: João Monteiro, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZkp656i2hu_0dlpMBaQfGh0

Conference programme:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251031_fiscal_policy_conference.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zax1kckStyc

The Offensive Power of Defense News in Europe | Fiscal Policy and EMU Governance Conference 2025

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 4 on geopolitical tensions and fiscal implications of war on the second day of the Fiscal Policy and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) Governance conference. The conference is co-organised by the ECB and Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF.

Chair: Era Dabla-Norris, International Monetary Fund

The offensive power of defense news in Europe
Evi Pappa, University Carlos III of Madrid, together with Nadav Ben Zeev and Elena Scola Gagliardi
Discussant: Ethan Ilzetzki, London School of Economics

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZkp656i2hu_0dlpMBaQfGh0

Conference programme:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251031_fiscal_policy_conference.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjan3iuNmBI

Closing remarks | Fiscal Policy and EMU Governance Conference 2025

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Closing remarks by Era Dabla-Norris, International Monetary Fund, at the Fiscal Policy and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) Governance conference. The conference is co-organised by the ECB and Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF.

The conference took place on 04 and 05 December 2025.
Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZkp656i2hu_0dlpMBaQfGh0

Conference programme:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251031_fiscal_policy_conference.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiXdhQ8eGqc

Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policies in the EU | Fiscal Policy and EMU Governance Conference

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 3 on perceptions of public debt and fiscal narratives on the second day of the Fiscal Policy and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) Governance conference. The conference is co-organised by the ECB and Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF.

Session chair: Oreste Tristani, European Central Bank

Inspecting the macroeconomic effects of fiscal policies in the EU through a new dataset of narrative measures
Roberto Perotti, Bocconi University, together with Mario Alloza, Francesco Berardini, Jacopo Cimadomo, Niamh Dunne, Jan Kuckuck and Luca Sala
Discussant: Massimo Giuliodori, University of Amsterdam

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZkp656i2hu_0dlpMBaQfGh0

Conference programme:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251031_fiscal_policy_conference.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R1TNgpNupo

Public Debt and Policy Expectations | Fiscal Policy and EMU Governance Conference 2025

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 3 on perceptions of public debt and fiscal narratives on the second day of the Fiscal Policy and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) Governance conference. The conference is co-organised by the ECB and Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF.

Session chair: Oreste Tristani, European Central Bank

Perceptions of public debt and policy expectations: evidence from cross-country surveys
Francesco Bianchi, Johns Hopkins University, together with Era Dabla-Norris and Salma Khalid
Discussant: Eric Mengus, HEC Paris

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZkp656i2hu_0dlpMBaQfGh0

Conference programme:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251031_fiscal_policy_conference.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ9eAmrf_JA

Sovereign Default and Interest Rates | Fiscal Policy and EMU Governance Conference 2025

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 1 on fiscal stagnation and sovereign risk on the first day of the Fiscal Policy and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) Governance conference. The conference is co-organised by the ECB and Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF.
Session chair: Oscar Arce, European Central Bank

Sovereign default and the decline in interest rates
Jessica Wachter, University of Pennsylvania, together with Max Miller and James Paron
Discussant: Eugenia Gonzalez-Aguado, Toulouse School of Economics

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZkp656i2hu_0dlpMBaQfGh0

Conference programme:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251031_fiscal_policy_conference.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN11ivC2fF4

Welcome Remarks | Fiscal Policy and EMU Governance Conference 2025

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Welcome remarks by Oscar Arce, European Central Bank, on the first day of the Fiscal Policy and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) Governance conference. The conference is co-organised by the ECB and Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF.
Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZkp656i2hu_0dlpMBaQfGh0

Conference programme:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251031_fiscal_policy_conference.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH65TLTPErE

Fiscal Stagnation | Fiscal Policy and EMU Governance Conference 2025

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 1 on fiscal stagnation and sovereign risk on the first day of the Fiscal Policy and Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) Governance conference. The conference is co-organised by the ECB and Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF.

Session chair: Oscar Arce, European Central Bank

Fiscal stagnation
Luca Fornaro, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), together with Martin Wolf
Discussant: Xavier Debrun, Nationale Bank van België/Banque Nationale de Belgique

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZkp656i2hu_0dlpMBaQfGh0

Conference programme:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251031_fiscal_policy_conference.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJPnMTpsY28