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Opinion: Draghi plays risky game  The ECB uses all measures to
get the eurozone out of its stagnation. It lowers interest rates
to almost zero percent and ventures into uncharted territory. A
risky game with an uncertain outcome, says Henrik Böhme.  Mario
Draghi takes the gloves off. A little more than two years ago,
he announced that the ECB will do anything to save the euro.
Those words were enough at the time to tame financial market
speculation against Europe's single currency.  The announcement
also eased worries about some of the eurozone's problem children
such as Portugal, Spain and Greece. The bloc's economic growth,
however, hasn't picked up as hoped. Fears of a deflationary
spiral have augmented, and Europe's biggest economy, Germany,
has run out of steam, while France and Italy do far too little
to reform their economies.  Europe's monetary authorities,
therefore, had to act. ECB President