In the latest episode of our ‘Ahead of the ECB’ series, Marcin Stepan, Head of Programming at OMFIF, is joined by Marcel Fratzscher president of the Berlin-based economic research institute DIW Berlin and Silvia Dall'Angelo, senior economist at Hermes Investment Management. They discuss the economic outlook for Europe, the tools at the disposal of the ECB to counter a downturn and the prospects of restarting quantitative easing. They preview the main political developments in Europe over the coming months as well as implications of global trade tensions on markets and the wider economy.