歐元區(qū)各國財長拒絕希臘最新救助請求.

　　Eurozone finance ministers rejected a last-minute appeal by Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, to extend his country’s bailout just hours bore it expired, denying Athens a lifeline as its financial system teeters on the brink of collapse.

　　在距離希臘紓困協(xié)議失效只有幾小時的最后時刻，歐元區(qū)各國財長拒絕了希臘總理亞歷克西斯?齊普拉斯(Alexis Tsipras)有關(guān)延長紓困協(xié)議的呼吁，這讓希臘在該國金融體系瀕臨崩潰之際失去了最后的救命稻草。

　　In a hurriedly-organised conference call, the ministers also reacted coolly to an unexpected request from Mr Tsipras for a third bailout. The ￠29.1bn request, sent to the eurozone’s ￠500bn rescue fund on Tuesday, was the latest twist in Greece’s acrimonious stand-off with its international creditors and took many in Brussels by surprise.

　　在一場倉促組織的電話會議中，歐元區(qū)各國財長也對齊普拉斯意外提出的第三輪紓困請求反應(yīng)冷淡。周二，在發(fā)給歐元區(qū)5000億歐元救助基金的信函中，齊普拉斯提出了291億歐元的請求，這是希臘與國際債權(quán)人尖銳對峙的最新轉(zhuǎn)折，讓布魯塞爾許多人感到意外。

　　Some European officials dismissed the appeal out of hand while others speculated it was an attempt by Mr Tsipras to strengthen his hand domestically ahead ofSunday’s rerendum on a previous bailout offer.

　　一些歐洲官員不假思索地拒絕了這種呼吁，而其他人則猜測，齊普拉斯此舉只是為了在本周日就先前紓困方案舉行全民公投之前加強在國內(nèi)的影響力。

　　Alex Stubb, the Finnish finance minister, wrote on Twitter that the request for a new rescue would be dealt with “through normal procedures”, a singal it would not be handled with urgency. German politicians said Angela Merkel, the chancellor, would wait until after the rerendum bore beginning consultations with Athens.

　　芬蘭財長亞歷克斯?斯圖布(Alex Stubb)在Twitter上表示，將通過“正常程序”處理新的紓困請求，這意味著該請求不會得到緊急處理。德國政客表示，總理安格拉?默克爾(Angela Merkel)將等到公投之后才會開始與希臘磋商。

　　The final rejection of a bailout extension was delivered against the backdrop of an escalating financial crisis in Athens two days after the government imposed capital controls and shut local banks. By Tuesday afternoon, some ATMs had run out of cash, while elderly people were struggling to collect their pensions. Greece was also expected to miss a ￠1.5bn payment to the International Monetary Fund due by midnight on Tuesday.

　　歐元區(qū)各國財長最終拒絕延長紓困之際，在希臘政府出臺資本管制和關(guān)閉國內(nèi)銀行兩天后，雅典的金融危機日益惡化。到周二下午，一些ATM已經(jīng)取不出現(xiàn)金，同時老年人很難拿到自己的養(yǎng)老金。預(yù)計希臘將不向國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)償還周二午夜到期的15億歐元。

　　Meanwhile, the country’s tottering lenders were bracing themselves for a potentially pivotal meeting of the European Central Bank on Wednesday, just after Athens’ current bailout expires. There are fears in Greece that the ECB’s governing council in Frankfurt could raise the amount of collateral required for the emergency loans currently sustaining Greek banks — a move that could topple at least one of the country’s financial institutions.

　　與此同時，希臘瀕臨破產(chǎn)的銀行準備迎接歐洲央行(ECB)周三召開的可能極為關(guān)鍵的會議——這場會議在希臘當前紓困協(xié)議剛剛失效后舉行。希臘有人擔心，歐洲央行在法蘭克福的管理委員會可能提高當前為維持希臘銀行運營而發(fā)放的緊急貸款的擔保要求，此舉可能導(dǎo)致該國金融機構(gòu)至少有一家倒閉。