Συνάντηση μεταξύ Ντράγκι και Μέρκελ στο Βερολίνο

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) talks to new European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi prior to a farewell ceremony for outgoing ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet at the old opera house in Frankfurt, in this October 19, 2011 file photo. In August 2012, during a visit to Canada, Merkel swept aside doubts about her support for Draghi and his promise, weeks before, to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. The pledge by the Italian president of the European Central Bank met a storm of criticism in Germany. Yet Merkel told reporters gathered in the Canadian parliament in Ottawa that Draghi's remarks were "completely in line" with her own approach to the crisis. Two and a half years on, the crisis in Europe's single currency bloc has shifted from acute to chronic and once again it has fallen to Draghi to come to the rescue. As Europe stumbles into 2015, dogged by weak growth and the prospect of deflation, Draghi is on the verge of launching mass purchases of government bonds with new money - also known as quantitative easing (QE) - in the hopes of jolting Europe's economy into life. To match Analysis ECB-GERMANY/ REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Files (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) (File: 2015-01-04T090236Z_825553839_GM1EB140PVE01_RTRMADP_3_ECB-GERMANY.JPG )