Chypre et l’Espagne rejoignent le « club de la dette »

Infographie : François Descheemaekere

[Euractiv]

A quelques jours seulement du début de sa présidence du Conseil de l'UE, Chypre est devenue hier (25 juin) le cinquième pays de la zone euro à se tourner vers Bruxelles en quête de fonds d'urgence, quelques heures à peine après la soumission de la requête officielle de l’Espagne, qui cherche à renflouer ses banques. 

Cyprus joins Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain in seeking EU rescue funds, meaning more than one-quarter of the 17 eurozone members are now in the bloc's emergency ward. Italy's funding costs have soared too, which means it could be next. Spain formally submitted its request for up to €100 billion to bail out its banks, agreed on 9 June. Moody's Investors Service cut the ratings of 28 out of 33 rated Spanish banks by one to four notches. Those downgrades followed a cut of Spain's sovereign rating to just above junk status earlier this month.
Tiny Cyprus has just four days to raise at least €1.8 billion - equivalent to about 10% of its domestic output - to meet a deadline set by European regulators to recapitalise Cyprus Popular Bank, its second largest lender which saw its balance sheet hurt by bad Greek debt.
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