Jean-Claude Trichet: Interview with Paris Match Interview of Mr Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank, conducted by Ms Elisabeth Chavelet (Paris Match) on 7 December 2005 and published in the edition of Paris Match dated 15-21 December 2005. The publication of the translation was authorised by Paris Match. *  *  *  Paris Match.
After two uneventful years at the head of the ECB, in December you became embroiled in your first political storm. Political leaders, economists, bosses and trade union representatives lined up to condemn the 0.25% increase in your headline rate on 1 December. They accuse you of threatening Europe’s fragile recovery. Has this manning of the barricades made you think again? Jean-Claude Trichet.