希腊议会通过改革方案

Greek MPs early on Thursday passed key reformsdemanded by creditors as a condition for startingtalks on a new 86bn bailout later this week, amidsigns of a looming split in the governing Syrizaparty.

在执政的激进左翼联盟(Syriza)内部出现可能分裂的迹象之际，希腊议会在周四早上通过债权人要求的关键改革方案，这是新的860亿欧元纾困计划谈判在本周晚些时候启动的前提条件。

A vote by the 300-member parliament came after hours of continuous discussion dominatedby lawmakers from Syriza, among them dissidents opposed to a third “memorandum, theGreek term for the deeply unpopular rescue packages that successive governments have triedto implement since 2010.

在由激进左翼联盟议员主导的数小时不间断讨论之后，300人组成的希腊议会进行了投票。在讨论中，激进左翼联盟内部的反对派不同意第三份“备忘录——希腊对历届政府自2010年以来努力执行的极其不受欢迎的纾困方案的叫法。

Euclid Tsakalotos, the finance minister, earlier told parliament the vote would clear the way fornegotiations on the new bailout to begin on Friday with the aim of wrapping up a deal by mid-August.

希腊财长欧几里德察卡洛托斯(Euclid Tsakalotos)先前对议会表示，投票将为周五开始的新纾困方案谈判扫清障碍。谈判旨在到8月中旬前达成协议。

The Greek side had been under pressure to strike an agreement quickly so that funds fromthe new loan could be released to repay 3.2bn due to the European Central Bank on August20.

希腊方面一直在承受压力，要求他们尽快达成协议，以便新贷款资金可以发放到位，用于偿还8月20日到期、所欠欧洲央行(ECB)的32亿欧元债务。

But implementing the new agreement could be delayed, to the creditors’ dismay, if AlexisTsipras, the prime minister, decides to call a snap general election.

但让债权人感到沮丧的是，如果希腊总理亚历克西斯倠溟拉斯(Alexis Tsipras)决定提前举行大选的话，新协议的执行可能被延迟。