There was nothing inevitable about this outcome. Just last month, ECB President Mario Draghi provided a textbook example of how these negotiations could, and should, have progressed, when he outmaneuvered German opposition to the monetary stimulus that Europe clearly needed.
这一结果绝不是不可避免的。就在上个月，欧洲央行行长德拉吉如教科书案例般地证明了这类谈判可以也应该取得进展——他巧妙地绕过了德国对欧洲显然需要的货币刺激的反对。