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Greeceseeks austerity extension
希臘尋求延長緊縮期
As Greece struggles to meet austerity conditions, Elinda Labropoulou reports on the latest efforts to gain time.
希臘正在努力達到對其規定的緊縮條件，Elinda Labropoulou報道了希臘為贏得時間所做的最后努力。
Greece has expected to ask for more time in order to pay back its loan because it says that due to the two elections that it had this year and a number of other reasons such as the fact that recession seems to be going faster than expected, the Greece has not been able to meet its financial promises it pledged to its creditors and as a result, what it needs is more time to get its economy back on track in order to meet its lenders requirement. This is what Mr. Samaras expected to try and ask Mr. Juncker during the meeting that they will hold today. It will not be a formal request, but simply he will put the idea on the table. Well, at the same time, he will try and convince Mr. Juncker that Greece is determined to stick to its lenders’ requirement, despite delays in implementing such measures. He has already told the German newspaper Bilt that Greece needs more breathing space to implement structural reform, and he will now start this charm offensive tour, if you like, with a meeting with Mr. Juncker. He will also meet with Angela Merkel on Friday, and Francois Hollande on Saturday, just trying to convince them that Greece can stick to its austerity, planed another result qualified in order to get the next tranche of its bailout loan.
希臘期待要求到更多的時間，以支付欠款。希臘解釋道，由于今年的兩次選舉，并且還有一些其他原因，例如經濟衰退似乎比預期進行地更為迅速，它已經沒有能力實現對貸款人所做出的還款承諾，因此，為了滿足債主的要求，它需要更多時間讓經濟步入正常軌道。這就是薩馬拉先生期望并請容克先生在他們今天將要舉辦的會議同意的內容。這可能不是一項正式要求，但是他一定會將這一想法擺到桌面上。當然，同時，他將嘗試讓容克先生確信，希臘將堅決執行債主要求，只是在這些措施的實施時間上有所推后。他已告訴德國報紙的Bilt，希臘需要更多的呼吸空間來實施結構調整，以此次與容克先生的會談作為起點，薩馬拉先生將開始迷人的防守之旅。周五他還將會見默克爾，周六是奧朗德，他將努力讓他們相信希臘有能力堅持緊縮政策，并計劃有資格獲得國際貨幣基金組織的下一輪救市貸款.
Do more people in Greece think that they’ll eventually be kicked out of the euro zone? I mean do they have any confidence that they will stay?
是否越來越多的希臘人認為他們最終將被踢出歐元市場?我的意思是, 希臘人對保留在歐元區有信心么?
Well, what is happening in Greece is that most people see that the measures that have been implemented so far haven’t really been very successful. Other results they are wondering if what is taking place, the actual packages are what is the most effective way to get Greece out of the financial crisis. There’s a lot of concern about that. It has been something that’s been talked about three years, but the numbers are just simply not adding up. Of course, what’s most Greece wants is to stay in the eurozone. They realized that otherwise Greece will be in an extremely difficult position. It’s what most their most leading politician seems to want as well. But of course, Greece is in a tight position and it’s very difficult to predict the future at this point.
當然, 大多數人看到希臘到目前為止實施的措施, 還未真正奏效。人們在想，如果采取了一攬子最有效的幫助希臘走出金融危機的辦法，會產生怎樣的其他結果？對此，人們有許多考慮。這是三年來一直被人們討論的事情，但是情況只是沒有惡化。當然大多數希臘人想繼續呆在歐元區，他們意識到，否則，希臘將面臨極其困難的處境。這看起來也是希臘最高層想要的結果。但是，當然希臘正處于困境之中，此時很難對其未來做出預測。
