西班牙銀停止在明年1月退出歐元區的計劃

Eurogroup said late Thursday that it supports the decision of Spain to exit from the bailout program in January next year.

"We are fully supportive of Spain's decision not to request any successor European Stability Mechanism (ESM) financial assistance following the programme exit in January 2014," Eurogroup said in a statement.

Speaking at a press conference after Eurogroup meeting, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Eurogroup President, said, "We congratulated Spain on the successful implementation of its financial sector programme and the ambitious reform steps undertaken thus far."

"This is based on the fact that the ESM financial assistance and reform programme has proven to be successful in addressing financial sector vulnerabilities," said the statement.

The overall situation of the Spanish banking sector has significantly improved, including the access to funding markets of Spanish banks, Eurogroup said.

Eurogroup said it was also "satisfied" that "the regulatory and supervisory framework of the Spanish banking sector has been significantly strengthened, which translates into higher shock resilience of the banking sector."

Spain is also making significant progress in its "ambitious structural reform agenda," exemplified by diminishing budgetary consolidation and macroeconomic imbalances, said the statement.

However, the Eurogroup said the job is not done and called upon the Spanish government to continue its efforts to fight the high unemployment rate and the vulnerabilities stemming from the still high private and external debt.

"We call on the Spanish authorities to rigorously continue the reform momentum to address any remaining challenges regarding the economic and fiscal situation," it said.

The Eurogroup hailed Spain's exit as a "living example that EU-IMF adjustment programmes are successful provided there is a strong ownership and genuine commitment to reforms."

簡明釋義：歐元集團在一份聲明中說： “我們完全支持西班牙的決定，不要求任何繼任者歐洲穩定機制（ESM ）財政援助的程序退出。 ” 歐元集團表示，西班牙銀行業的整體情況已顯著改善，包括西班牙銀行融資市場。