"Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds!" --- especially on a matter as important as money.

Perhaps the problem is the name -- European Central Bank. People fail to understand two crucial factors:

1. The center is Germany.
   
2. It is not a "common" bank, as in "acting in the common interest of all citizens of Euro-zone nations. It is an elite bank, as in "acting in the interests of the monetary elite, primarily German.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."