Who should succeed Mario Draghi as president of the European Central Bank? That is the most important decision European governments will take this year. It is more important even than how they deal with an idiotic UK. It is more important than dealing with Donald Trump. It is more important than who will be presidents of the commission or council. The next president of the ECB might determine whether there is a eurozone, perhaps an EU, at the end of the term in 2027. Mr Draghi’s period has been that important. His successor’s might be equally so.
谁应该接替马里奥•德拉吉(Mario Draghi)出任欧洲央行(ECB)行长？这是今年欧洲各国政府将会做出的最重要的决定。这件事甚至比他们如何应对一个愚蠢的英国更重要，也比与唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)打交道更重要。这比由谁出任欧盟委员会(European Commission)或欧洲理事会(European Council)主席更重要。欧洲央行的下一任行长可能会在2027年任期结束时决定欧元区（也许是欧盟）的存亡。德拉吉的任期就是那么重要。他的继任者的任期也许同样重要。