Spain makes explicit plea for bank aid

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Series Details 6.6.12
Publication Date 06/06/2012
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Spain made its most explicit call to date for European institutions to recapitalise the country’s banks on the 5 June 2012 as concerns increase about its own ability to raise the billions of euros needed on bond markets.

Mariano Rajoy, Spain’s prime minister, warned that the country was in a situation of 'extreme difficulty'.

He urged Europe to prove that the euro was 'irreversible' by agreeing a banking union and embracing eurozone bonds.

Germany remained opposed to allowing Spain’s banks to be bailed out without a formal request from the Spanish government.

The debate over how to respond to Spain’s growing problems rekindled fears outside the eurozone over the speed of its crisis response.

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ESO: Background information: ECB rejects Madrid plan to boost Bankia / Pressure on Madrid to probe Bankia’s fall http://www.europeansources.info/record/ecb-rejects-madrid-plan-to-boost-bankia-pressure-on-madrid-to-probe-bankias-fall/
ESO: Background information: Brussels mulls cross-border rules to wind up failing banks http://www.europeansources.info/record/brussels-mulls-cross-border-rules-to-wind-up-failing-banks/
El País, 3.6.12: Europe braces itself for bailout dilemma: who gets the money? http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/06/03/inenglish/1338748551_943173.html
El País, 4.6.12: Brussels warms to idea of banks directly tapping rescue http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/06/04/inenglish/1338821107_775414.html
El País, 5.6.12: Minister Montoro: “The men in black won’t be coming” http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/06/05/inenglish/1338908310_215406.html
EurActiv, 6.6.12: Germany pushes Spain to accept aid http://www.euractiv.com/euro-finance/germany-pushes-spain-accept-aid-news-513148
EUObserver, 6.6.12: Spain appeals for EU bail-out of struggling banks http://euobserver.com/19/116513
La Vanguardia, 6.6.12: Our time is nearly up (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/2127941-our-time-nearly
El País,6.6.12: Spain to decide on bank bailout after outcome of audit known http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/06/06/inenglish/1338993742_292998.html
Spiegel Online International, 6.6.12: Spain's Bailout Refusal Is 'Kamikaze Politics' http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/spanish-bailout-refusal-is-no-longer-tenable-say-commentators-a-837318.html
Spiegel Online International, 6.6.12: Possible Deal Takes Shape on Aid for Spain's Banks http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/possible-compromise-deal-on-european-aid-to-spanish-banks-a-837313.html
BBC News, 6.6.12: Spain: No request for bailout, says minister http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18333240
ABC, 5.6.12: Watch out for the Men in Black (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/2121041-watch-out-men-black

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