Given the massive increase in government debt in the euro area, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann has warned of the risk of fiscal dominance. He sees a risk that political pressure could arise and grow to keep interest rates low for the long term. In a streamed speech, he therefore said that “We need to make it very clear that we are not going to place monetary policy at the service of fiscal policy. If we create a different impression, we are putting both our independence and our credibility at risk.”