Jean-Claude Trichet, the current ECB president, may be in the same job but not the same environment as his predecessor Wim Duisenberg, who famously remarked, “I hear the politicians, but I don’t listen.” Political pressure on the ECB today is much greater than in Duisenberg’s time.
欧洲央行的现任行长Jean-Claude Trichet与其前任Wim Duisenberg所处的环境达不相同。这位前任曾说出“我听到政客们的言论，但却并不听从”这句名言。而欧洲央行现在所承受的压力要比在Duisenberg的时代大得多。政治环境也更为严酷。有些压力可能对欧洲央行的政策决策产生潜移默化的影响。