歐元集團敦促希臘立即實施改革

Greece must immediately adopt some of the reforms demanded by its creditors if it is to receive access to emergency funds in the face of a March cash crunch, the eurozone’s chief negotiator has warned.

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歐元區首席談判代表警告稱，如果希臘想在3月資金緊絀的情況下獲得緊急資金救助，就必須立即實施債權人要求的部分改革措施。

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister who leads the Greek talks as chairman of the eurozone finance ministers’ group, told the Financial Times that he was prepared to make a “first disbursement” of the 7.2bn remaining in Athens’ 172bn bailout as early as this month. But the funds would be transferred only if the Greece, which has resisted implementing measures in the existing bailout after campaigning to kill the programme, adopted reforms the two sides could quickly agree on.

荷蘭財政大臣杰倫•戴塞爾布盧姆(Jeroen Dijsselbloem)作爲歐元區財長集團主席主持與希臘的談判。他向英國《金融時報》表示，準備最早在本月向希臘發放1720億歐元援助計劃中餘下72億歐元的“首筆款項”。但這筆資金的支付前提是希臘必須實施雙方可能很快達成的改革方案。希臘曾試圖取消現有紓困協議，一直不願實施其中的改革措施。

“My message to the Greeks is: try to start the programme even before the whole renegotiation is finished,” Mr Dijsselbloem said. “There are elements that you can start doing today. If you do that, then somewhere in March, maybe there can be a first disbursement. But that would require progress and not just intentions.”

戴塞爾布盧姆表示：“我向希臘表明：在重新談判全部完成之前就要努力開始實施改革項目。你現在可以開始進行一些改革，如果你這麼做了，那麼在3月的某一天或許就會有第一筆支付。但這要求改革取得進展，而不能停留在意圖層面。”

His remarks signal the concern in eurozone capitals over the risk that Athens is running out of money to pay its debts.

他的言論表明，歐元區各國政府對希臘無錢償債的風險感到擔憂。