希腊议会将为新改革方案投票 Athens parliament set to vote

The Greek government is preparing to rush a package of economic reforms and austerity measures through parliament as early as today in a bid to convince its eurozone creditors it is committed to striking a deal for a third bailout that would save it from crashing out of the euro.

希腊政府准备推动议会最早在今天通过一揽子经济改革和紧缩措施，以求让欧元区债权人相信它致力于缔结第三轮纾困协议，使该国能够留在欧元区。

Greece’s cabinet approved the plan, which includes increases in value added tax and savings from public pensions demanded by creditors, yesterday evening before sending it to eurozone authorities. “We are ready to compromise,” prime minister Alexis Tsipras told his cabinet colleagues, Greek media reported.

希腊内阁批准了该计划——其中包括债权人要求的提高增值税和削减公共养老金——随后在昨晚提交给欧元区当局。希腊媒体报道称，该国总理亚历克西斯•齐普拉斯(Alexis Tsipras)向其内阁同僚表示：“我们准备妥协。”

But Mr Tsipras could see his anti-austerity Syriza party split over the promised reforms. Greek media reported that Panagiotis Lafazanis, energy minister and leader of the hard-left faction, told his cabinet colleagues he could not support the plan. Syriza is to hold a meeting of its MPs early this morning.

但齐普拉斯可能看到，自己所在的反对紧缩的激进左翼联盟(Syriza)对改革承诺出现分裂。希腊媒体报道称，能源部长、极左翼派别领导人帕纳约蒂斯•拉法赞尼斯(Panagiotis Lafazanis)告诉其内阁同僚，他不会支持该计划。激进左翼联盟将于今日早晨召集该党议员开会。

Earlier yesterday, Wolfgang Schäuble, Germany’s hardline finance minister, commended his new Greek counterpart Euclid Tsakalotos for his “more conventional” approach but urged Athens to start implementing reforms immediately even before reaching an agreement on a new bailout, as a way of rebuilding trust between Athens and its eurozone partners.

昨日早些时候，持强硬立场的德国财政部长沃尔夫冈•朔伊布勒(Wolfgang Schäuble)对希腊新任财长欧几里德•察卡洛托斯(Euclid Tsakalotos)“更为常规的”做法表示赞赏，但他同时敦促希腊在达成新纾困协议之前就立即着手实施改革，从而重建雅典和其欧元区伙伴之间的信任。

“Just do it. That would win an incredible amount of trust,” Mr Schäuble said at a conference in Frankfurt.

朔伊布勒在法兰克福的一个会议上表示：“动手做吧。那将赢得极大的信任。”

Greece is trying to stay in the single currency. Creditors are waiting for detailed reform proposals from Athens before deciding whether the Syriza-led government has given enough ground to restart bailout talks. If eurozone finance ministers meeting tomorrow conclude Athens has not gone far enough, European leaders will gather on Sunday to prepare for its exit from the euro.

希腊正努力留在欧元区。债权人正等待希腊政府提交详细改革方案，然后决定激进左翼联盟领导的希腊政府是否为重启纾困谈判作出了足够的让步。如果明日欧元区财长会议得出结论认为雅典方面提交的方案不到位，欧洲领导人将在周日开会为希腊退出欧元区做准备。

The US and the International Monetary Fund have been pressing eurozone governments to be more accommodating to Athens and offer it debt relief. But Mr Schäuble recounted a conversation with his US counterpart in which he suggested swapping debt-laden neighbours. “I offered my friend Jack Lew that we could take Puerto Rico into the eurozone if the US were willing to take Greece into the dollar union. He thought that was a joke.”

美国和国际货币基金组织(IMF)一直施压欧元区各国政府，要求它们对雅典更加通融，并提供债务减免。但朔伊布勒在回忆他与美国财长杰克•卢(Jack Lew)的一次谈话时，他建议两国对换负债累累的邻国：“我对我的朋友杰克·卢提议，如果美国愿意让希腊进入美元区，我们可以让波多黎各进入欧元区。他认为那是个玩笑”。