Amid all the criticism, there has never been any doubt about its support for the single currency. So who is responsible for the alienation between Germans and the ECB? The ECB perhaps didn’t communicate enough with the public in the past.
But that’s precisely 3/4  BIS central bankers' speeches  what we’re trying to change, for example by including civil society in the ECB’s strategy review. What has been your experience so far of discussions at the ECB – is it more harmonious or more argumentative than the Council of Economic Experts? (Laughs) I haven’t had much opportunity so far to get into arguments.