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The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) was established in 2010 as a temporary rescue mechanism.
(EFSF).


The EFSF’s mandate was to safeguard financial stability in Europe by providing financial assistance to Euro zone Member States.
The European Financial Stability Facility was established in 2010 as a temporary rescue mechanism to safeguard financial stability in Europe by providing financial assistance to selected Euro zone Member States.


The Facility was replaced by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) in 2012 which finances new programmes.
The EFSF provided assistance to Ireland, Portugal and Greece.


Its final assistance programme for Greece expired in 2015.


However, it continues to administer outstanding loan repayments and payouts to bond holders in close co-operation with the ESM.
The EFSF's role in providing further financial assistance was replaced by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) in 2012.
 
 
However, the EFSF continues to operate in order to:
*Receive loan repayments from Ireland, Portugal and Greece.
*Make interest and principal payments to holders of EFSF bonds.
*Roll over outstanding EFSF bonds, as the maturity of loans provided to Ireland, Portugal and Greece is longer than the maturity of outstanding bonds issued by the EFSF.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[euro zone]]
* [[euro zone]]
* [[European Stability Mechanism]]
* [[Facility]]
* [[Financial ]]
* [[Financial crisis]]
* [[Fiscal]]
* [[Stability Bond]]
* [[Stability Bond]]
* [[European Stability Mechanism]]
 
 
==External link==
[https://www.esm.europa.eu/efsf-overview Before the ESM - EFSF - the temporary fiscal backstop]
 
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Financial_risk_management]]

Revision as of 21:48, 11 March 2023

(EFSF).

The European Financial Stability Facility was established in 2010 as a temporary rescue mechanism to safeguard financial stability in Europe by providing financial assistance to selected Euro zone Member States.

The EFSF provided assistance to Ireland, Portugal and Greece.


The EFSF's role in providing further financial assistance was replaced by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) in 2012.


However, the EFSF continues to operate in order to:

  • Receive loan repayments from Ireland, Portugal and Greece.
  • Make interest and principal payments to holders of EFSF bonds.
  • Roll over outstanding EFSF bonds, as the maturity of loans provided to Ireland, Portugal and Greece is longer than the maturity of outstanding bonds issued by the EFSF.


See also


External link

Before the ESM - EFSF - the temporary fiscal backstop