Zwar hat der Vertrag über die Arbeitsweise der Europäischen Union die Gewährleistung der Preisstabilität zum vorrangigen Ziel des Europäischen Systems der Zentralbanken erklärt.
Although the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union makes maintaining price stability the primary objective of the European System of Central Banks, it also states that, “Without prejudice to [that] objective, … the ESCB shall support the general economic policies in the Union with a view to contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the Union as laid down in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union.”