Driving up long-term interest rates to the level of the apparent interest rate on debt would be a sensible policy for the ECB
A more restrictive monetary policy by the ECB that, instead of lowering interest rates further, drove up long-term interest rates to the level of the apparent interest rate on debt , would have positive effects : As interest rates would not rise above the apparent interest rate, there would be no loss of solvency for governments, households or companies; The ECB would have more leeway to react in the event of a recession, as the repo rate would move towards 1.5%; The state of euro-zone banks would improve.