"These structural problems cannot be resolved by
printing money,"
...'the
role played by the Eurosystem under the Maastricht Treaty, which cemented the
independence of the central bank. In return for this independence, however, the
Treaty placed clear constraints on the Eurosystem's mandate, as reflected in
the ban on the monetary financing of governments and the fact that central
banks were prohibited from engaging in economic policymaking'...
"the line drawn between monetary and economic
policy can vary in width,"
...'
although central banks had played a significant role in preventing an
escalation during the crisis, they could not take the place of the necessary
adjustment processes...'
...'it
was not enough to correct undesirable developments at the national level,
because the crisis had also revealed weaknesses in the institutional framework
of the euro area. It was important to reinforce the principle of individual
national responsibility. The alternative to this would be a genuine fiscal
union..., but there was no willingness right now to relinquish extensive
national sovereign rights in fiscal policy matters. '
'...
the principle of individual national responsibility ultimately meant that
governments, too, must be allowed to fail financially, and that one of the key
lessons of the euro crisis was therefore to place euro-area banks on a more
robust financial footing.'
"Monetary policy cannot solve structural problems.
Such problems can only be remedied by political means, through growth-friendly
reforms."
http://www.bundesbank.de/Redaktion/EN/Topics/2015/2015_01_19_Weidmann_soundness_must_not_take_back_seat_to_flexiblity.html?startpageId=Startseite-E
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