Mr. Trichet, the President of the ECB, has often emphasized that it is his role as the captain to speak "with one voice" on behalf of all members of the Governing Council of the ECB.
On the other hand, with a view to enhancing the transparency of policy decisionmaking based on the committee structure, the FOMC, the MPC, and the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan release the results of the votes of individual members, thus indicating the existence of minority views, and have also made efforts to release the minutes of the meetings sooner.