爱尔兰当局表示,四大主要银行集团还需要340亿美元的资金才能应对未来任何金融动荡。该数字来自金融危机后对陷入困境的爱尔兰银行部门进行的压力测试。爱尔兰中央银行行长Patrick Honohan承认了行动的规模。
"The overall increase in capital required is sizable. The main underlying reason for such a large increase is the need to restore market confidence. It is a prerequisite to the banks returning to normal functioning that they should have ample capital to meet even the market's gloomy prognostications."
“资金方面要求增加的数额非常巨大。要求增加如此大量的资金主要的潜在原因是需要重建市场信心。这对银行恢复正常运作来说是必须的,他们需要充足的资金来满足市场不断发展的预期。”
The French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for the setting-up of clear international standards on nuclear safety in light of the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant. Mr Sarkozy, the first foreign leader to visit Japan since the earthquake and tsunami which damaged the plant earlier this month, proposed a meeting of the G20 countries to discuss the issue in May. Meanwhile, the company that operates the stricken nuclear plant says radioactive contamination in ground water beneath one reactor has been measured at 10,000 times standard norms.
鉴于日本福岛核电站持续的核危机,法国总统萨科齐呼吁建立明确的国际核安全标准。萨科齐是自本月初造成福岛核电站破坏的地震和海啸以来访问日本的首位外国领导人。他建议G20各国在五月份召开会议讨论该问题。同时,运营受损的核电站的电力公司表示,其中一座反应堆下的地下水中放射性污染的水平是正常标准的10,000倍。