欧元区各国财长批准向希腊提供1720亿美元的援助，这是这个债务缠身的国家两年来获得的第二笔援助。财政援助计划可能减少希腊政府的债务，在2020年底前把希腊债务同经济产出的比例从目前的160%下降到稍稍高于120%。这是国际货币基金组织认为可持续的最高债务水平。这笔援助也可能避免希腊下个月对190亿美元的财政债务违约，不过希腊必须在今后很多年缩减开支。
希腊此前获得了1450亿美元的援助。迄今为止，希腊是欧元区17国集团13年的历史上获得国际援助最多的国家。然而，希腊的经济总量仅占欧元区经济的 2%。希腊总理卢卡斯.帕帕季莫斯称，这份协议是“历史性的”，并表示，该协议将为希腊提供新的推进经济的机会。这项协议经历13个小时的谈判后在布鲁塞尔达成。希腊的大型私人借贷方同意承担希腊所欠债券面值53.5%的损失，这一比例高于预期。希腊将免于支付超过1410亿美元的债务。
Eurozone finance ministers have approved a new $172-billion bailout for Greece, the second for the debt-ridden country in two years. The financial-rescue package could reduce the Greek government debt from about 160 percent of the country's economic output to just more than 120 percent by 2020 - the maximum debt level considered sustainable by the International Monetary Fund. It also likely averts a Greek default next month on $19 billion in financial obligations, although the country faces years of austere spending.
With its previous $145-billion bailout, Greece is now by far the biggest recipient of international aid in the 13-year history of the 17-nation bloc that uses the euro. Yet Greece accounts for just two percent of the eurozone economy. Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos called the pact "historic" and said it gives his country a new opportunity to advance its economy. The deal was reached after 13 hours of negotiations in Brussels. Greece's large private creditors agreed to take on a bigger-than-expected 53.5-percent face-value loss on their bonds. More than $141 billion of Greece's debt will be erased.
