When eurozone leaders agreed to a second aid programme for Greece last March, they stressed that financial help was conditional on Athens doing its homework. Six months later, the government has delivered. Yet, a stand-off between its currency union partners and the International Monetary Fund over the sustainability of the programme has left Athens waiting for the €44bn loan it was promised.

今年3月，当欧元区领导人同意对希腊实施第二轮援助计划时，他们强调，金融援助的条件是希腊政府要做好自己的功课。6个月后，希腊政府履行了承诺。然而其货币联盟合作伙伴与国际货币基金组织(IMF)围绕该计划可持续性出现的僵局，让希腊人一直等待着被许诺的440亿欧元贷款。

The delay will do no good and a lot of harm to the Greek economy. More than half of the payment is destined to recapitalise the banking sector, which is currently kept on life-support by the European Central Bank. While the banks remain on death row, Greek businesses will be constrained in their ability to invest and help the economy out of a deepening recession.

这种拖延对希腊经济毫无裨益，而且会造成巨大损害。超过一半的援助贷款旨在用于银行业的资本重组，目前，希腊银行业由欧洲央行(ECB)施以急救。希腊银行仍被关在死囚区，同时希腊企业的投资、以及帮助该国经济摆脱日益加剧的衰退的能力，也将受到限制。

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