Professor Patrick Honohan:

I don't think so. I'm very reluctant to talk about other countries but there are instances and episodes where people might talk about the European institutions as playing a political role in the context of different governments. But I don't think the ECB has been to the forefront in this and I don't ... I can say, you know, in ... I'm absolutely sure that there has been no co-ordinated attempt by the ECB in any way to unseat some democratically appointed government or anything like that.