塞总统要求贷款人解除银行限制

 　　NICOSIA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades has made an appeal to the leaders of international lenders to urgently lift controls on bank transactions in a letter made public on Tuesday.

　　Restrictions¹ on bank transactions were introduced with the aim of preventing a run on the banks after the Eurogroup and the International Monetary² Fund forced a loss on major bank deposits to recapitalize the banking³ system on March 25.

　　It was part of a 10 billion euro bailout the eastern Mediterranean⁴ island requested to shore up its economy.

　　Anastasiades said the restrictions are drying up badly needed liquidity⁵ and instead of creating confidence in the banking system they are eroding⁶ it day by day.

　　He also said artificial measures such as capital restrictions may seem to prevent a bank run in the short term, but will only aggravate⁷ the depositors, who are liable to lose up to 60 percent of their deposits over 100,000 euros and have the rest of their money largely blocked in the biggest lender Bank of Cyprus.

　　"Maintaining capital restrictions for a long period will inevitably⁸ affect the local economy, will also affect the country's international business and will have an adverse⁹ impact on GDP," Anastasiades said.

　　His letter was addressed to the chiefs of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund and to the presidents of the European Council and the Eurogroup. A government spokesman said the Cypriot Finance Minister Haris Georgiades will address similar letters to all of his European Union counterparts.

　　The Central Bank of Cyprus said two weeks ago that the lifting of the restrictions were about to be announced, but a decree to that effect by the minister of finance was subsequently blocked by the troika -- the European Central Bank, the Eurogroup and the IMF -- as being premature¹⁰.

　　Anastasiades said the success of the entire bailout program for Cyprus depends upon the emergence¹¹ of a strong and viable¹³ Bank of Cyprus, the only major bank left.

　　Under resolution measures, Bank of Cyprus is being recapitalized by using its depositors money and was also forced to merge¹² its operations with Cyprus Popular Bank, which is in the process of being wound down after receiving Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) by the ECB totaling 9.2 billion euros in just 12 months.

　　Anastasiades said in his letter that a possible long-term solution could be the conversion¹⁴ of part of Cyprus Popular Bank's ELA liability into long term bonds and the transfer of these bonds and corresponding assets into a separate vehicle.

　　"Still another solution could be the reversal of the Eurogroup decision in relation to the merger¹⁵ of good bank of Popular which including deposits up to 100,000 euros and 9.2 billion euros ELA liability into Bank of Cyprus," Anastasiades suggested.

　　He also demanded that Bank of Cyprus should exit resolution status without any further delay and should be granted eligible¹⁶ counter-party status by the ECB.

　　His letter came as most parliamentary parties came out in support of a suggestion for legal action to be taken against ECB chief Mario Draghi for allowing emergency liquidity assistance to be pumped into Cyprus Popular Bank at a time when it was evident it was becoming insolvent¹⁷.

　　Parliamentary leaders said allowing liquidity to be given to an insolvent banking institution was against ECB's rules.

1 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

2 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

3 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

4 Mediterranean   

adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的

参考例句：

• The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
• Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。

5 liquidity   

n.流动性，偿债能力，流动资产

参考例句：

• The bank has progressively increased its liquidity.银行逐渐地增加其流动资产。
• The demand for and the supply of credit is closely linked to changes in liquidity.信用的供求和流动资金的变化有密切关系。

6 eroding   

侵蚀，腐蚀( erode的现在分词 )； 逐渐毁坏，削弱，损害

参考例句：

• The coast is slowly eroding. 海岸正慢慢地被侵蚀。
• Another new development is eroding the age-old stereotype of the male warrior. 另一个新现象是，久已形成的男人皆武士的形象正逐渐消失。

7 aggravate   

vt.加重(剧)，使恶化；激怒，使恼火

参考例句：

• Threats will only aggravate her.恐吓只能激怒她。
• He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing it.他揉擦伤口只会使伤势加重。

8 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。

9 adverse   

adj.不利的；有害的；敌对的，不友好的

参考例句：

• He is adverse to going abroad.他反对出国。
• The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.用药不当会产生严重的不良反应。

10 premature   

adj.比预期时间早的；不成熟的，仓促的

参考例句：

• It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
• The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。

11 emergence   

n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体

参考例句：

• The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。
• Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。

12 merge   

v.(使)结合，(使)合并，(使)合为一体

参考例句：

• I can merge my two small businesses into a large one.我可以将我的两家小商店合并为一家大商行。
• The directors have decided to merge the two small firms together.董事们已决定把这两家小商号归并起来。

13 viable   

adj.可行的，切实可行的，能活下去的

参考例句：

• The scheme is economically viable.这个计划从经济效益来看是可行的。
• The economy of the country is not viable.这个国家经济是难以维持的。

14 conversion   

n.转化，转换，转变

参考例句：

• He underwent quite a conversion.他彻底变了。
• Waste conversion is a part of the production process.废物处理是生产过程的一个组成部分。

15 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

16 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

17 insolvent   

adj.破产的，无偿还能力的

参考例句：

• They lost orders and were insolvent within weeks.他们失去了订货，几周后就无法偿还债务。
• The bank was declared insolvent.银行被宣布破产。