The rescue measures were criticized once again by Germany's top central banker, Bundesbank head Jens Weidmann. Weidmann said in a speech in Washington that the package of support measures for indebted governments "weakens the underlying principle of European monetary union that each country has to bear the full consequences of its own fiscal policy." Efforts to shield governments from the consequences of their behaviour means "we risk seeking the propensity for excessive deficits rise even further in the future."