On the contrary, I am convinced that active and confident monetary cooperation with the United States is important for the stability and prosperity of the world today. I strongly disagree with those who say that the euro has been created to compete with the US dollar. Let’s be clear: the ECB is not campaigning for the international use of the euro.
We are letting the economic and financial players make up their own minds, without trying to influence them. Le Figaro Magazine: With regard to the crisis, some European countries – such as France – today allow themselves discrepancies, notably budgetary discrepancies, with the Maastricht criteria. Do you blame them?