Lunga, ma interessante. Dice alcune cose condivisibili sulle responsabilità del Sud Europa e sulla necessità di arrivare ad un unione politica prima di mettere il debito in comune, il che può suonare come una timida apertura anche se parla di anni per arrivare a questo processo.
ed altre che mi sono sembrate francamente fuori di testa, di un integralismo totalmente avulso dalla realtà. Questo spezzone in particolare mi ha lasciato totalmente con la bocca aperta:Q:What do you mean exactly by common liabilities?
A:We already have common liabilities through the rescue mechanism. If you wanted to extend it – be it via Eurobonds, be it via a banking union – this would mutualise liabilities to an extent that is no longer covered by the EU treaties and national constitutions. When we really want to advance towards a political union, we have to acknowledge that this is a completely new setting and that means that we would all have to give up substantial national sovereignty. It means that you have a central level that can interfere directly with your budget, your taxes, to enforce the agreements. We have to honestly ask ourselves: are we ready to give up that much national sovereignty?
Q:Would the Germans accept this?
A:At least according to the polls, the public in Germany would be more willing to embark on more political integration than in most of the other countries. The latest Pew research poll shows that in Germany, 58% are in favour of more political integration. In other countries, the mood is more negative, especially in those that are asking most loudly for communitisation of risks and liabilities, like Italy, Spain or France. We have to be honest in this debate. It will take years and years. We would have to change the EU treaties, we would have to change our constitutions, even in the sense of having a referendum, for instance in the case of Germany.
Parla dell'economia e della competitività europea come se fossero questioni indipendenti da ciò che fanno gli altri paesi. Continuano ad indicare come priorità della politica economica il controllo di un inesistente rischio inflazione e se ne fregano del rilancio delle esportazioni... io sono veramente esterrefatto e preoccupato per il fatto che questi talebani siano quelli che di fatto controllano la BCE.Q:Then, if the economic situation is going to worsen, would you accept cutting the rates further, or is the 1% boundary a sort of a taboo because you might go into a liquidity trap?
A:You have seen that we have very few taboos in the Eurosystem, but again, we never precommit. Financial market instability stems from political uncertainty about the programme execution in Greece, about the future of the monetary union in more general terms, and that is not something you can fix with a rate cut.
Q:But the euro would nominally devalue and this would help European exports.
A:We don’t have an exchange rate target. Our goal is price stability. And what helps exports are the structural reforms countries are implementing, not an artificial price decrease through the exchange rate. So, our goal at the Eurosystem is not to foster exports by manipulating the exchange rate.
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