希臘向歐元區救助基金申請3年期貸款
ATHENS — Greece, running out of money and under a tight deadline from European leaders, on Wednesday requested a three-year loan from the eurozone’s bailout fund.
雅典——即將耗盡流動資金、同時面臨歐元區領導人最後通牒的希臘，週三向歐元區救助基金提出一個三年期貸款請求。But other than alluding to plans to begin overhauling its tax and pension systems next week, Greece did not detail what economic changes it would make in exchange for the loan, saying that it would provide those specifics on Thursday.
但除了暗示將在下週開始推進稅收和養老金制度改革之外，希臘政府並沒有詳細說明將實施哪些經濟改革措施，以換取這份貸款。希臘表示，將在週四提供更爲詳盡的方案。Nor did it publicly describe the size of the loan it was seeking. Some economists, though, have estimated that Greece might need 50 billion euros, or about $55 billion, or more.
希臘政府也未公開說明它所尋求的貸款規模。但一些經濟學家曾估計，希臘可能需要500億歐元（約合3430億元人民幣）或更多的貸款。
The loan request came after eurozone leaders rebuked the Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, late Tuesday for not having provided a new and specific proposal for securing additional bailout money.
希臘提交貸款請求之前，歐元區領導人曾在週二晚些時候斥責希臘總理亞歷克西斯·齊普拉斯(Alexis Tsipras)，批評他未就爭取更多的救助資金提交一份新的具體建議。Mr. Tsipras took his case to the European Parliament on Wednesday. In a defiant speech, he said that his government was determined to reach a “viable agreement” with the country’s creditors.
齊普拉斯週三向歐洲議會報告了希臘的情況。他在挑戰性的講話中說，自己的政府已決心與希臘的債權人達成“可行的協議”。But he also insisted that any deal should include debt relief, and he emphasized that the Greek crisis was essentially a European problem.
但他也堅持認爲，任何協議都應該包括債務減免，他強調說，希臘危機本質上是歐洲的問題。“We want an agreement that will give a final end to the crisis and show there is light at the end of the tunnel,” Mr. Tsipras told the packed chamber in Strasbourg, France. But he said that a deal could not come at any price, noting that Greece had been “transformed into a laboratory for testing austerity over the past years.”
“我們希望達成一個將最終結束危機的協議，以此來顯示曙光在即，”齊普拉斯在法國斯特拉斯堡的座無虛席的大廳中告訴記者。他說，但不能爲達成協議不惜任何代價，並指出，希臘已“在過去幾年中成爲測試緊縮政策的實驗室”。
