Photo Gallery The Weidmann Way
Jens Weidmann, head of Germany's Central Bank -- and a member of the European Central Bank Governing Council -- has for years been railing against efforts to save the euro. While the world focuses on the danger of the common currency's collapse, Weidmann is more concerned with the letter of the law. He has not been universally praised for his stance.
The Bundesbank building in Frankfurt with the new ECB headquarters looming in the background. Weidmann is concerned that the euro zone is in the process of devolving into a community of shared liability and debt. And he's not entirely wrong.
A work of graffiti on the fence surrounding the construction site of the new ECB headquarters in Frankfurt. It depicts ECB head Mario Draghi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a casino.
Weidmann together with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble in 2011. Germany's message has often been "our way or the highway" and Weidmann has been a key figure behind that message.
The new ECB building in Frankfurt. Emergency measures announced by Draghi in the summer of 2012 likely saved the common currency from collapse.
