By constantly pushing for lower interest rates than the ECB can deliver, politicians set the central bank up as a scapegoat for Europe’s poor economic performance. Europe is doing badly, they argue, not because of their own failure to lead the structural reform process, but because interest rates are too high.
通过逼迫央行出台低于实际状况的利率政策，政治家们把欧洲央行当成了经济不景气的替罪羊。他们争辩说，欧洲经济发展缓慢不是由于他们领导结构改革的失败，而是由于利率总是居高不下。