希臘：救助協議取得重大突破
Eurozone finance ministers say they have reached a "major breakthrough" in negotiating the latest debt relief deal for Greece after hours of discussion in Brussels Tuesday night.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had demanded a reduction in Greece's debt burden as a condition of further IMF bailout funds.
Greece will receive the first part of an $11.4 billion bailout in June, following EU approval of its recent reform efforts.
This is the latest bailout in a six-year saga of economic troubles which have led to Greece's current public debt of about 180 percent of gross domestic product.
The difficult political agreement was met with resistance, particularly by Eurozone powerhouse Germany which, having continuously called for more austerity, claims this bailout was not necessary.
But Greece urgently needs the first tranche of $8.4 billion to pay off loans to the European Central bank and the IMF by July.歐元區成員國的財政部長們表示，星期二晚間在布魯塞爾經過連續幾個小時的討論後，他們就重新安排希臘償還債務的問題取得了“重大突破”。
國際貨幣基金組織要求減輕希臘的債務負擔，以此作爲繼續向希臘發放救助貸款的條件。
歐盟對希臘最近採取的改革措施表示認可後，希臘將於6月收到總額爲114億美元的救助貸款的第一部分。
希臘的經濟困境已持續了6年，目前希臘的國債高達國內生產總值的180%。
救助希臘的政治協議在談判中遇到了阻力，尤其來自歐元區強國德國。德國一直要求希臘採取更嚴厲的緊縮措施，認爲不需要再爲希臘提供救助貸款。
但希臘目前亟需84億美元，償還7月到期的歐洲中央銀行和國際貨幣基金組織的債務。
