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user-inactivated · 2689 days ago · link · · parent · post: Italy could ask EU for €15bn bailout to save its struggling banks
European Stability Mechanism edit Sorry for being terse, 'bout to leave for work.The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is an intergovernmental organization located in Luxembourg City, which operates under public international law for all eurozone Member States having ratified a special ESM intergovernmental treaty. It was established on 27 September 2012 as a permanent firewall for the eurozone, to safeguard and provide instant access to financial assistance programmes for member states of the eurozone in financial difficulty, with a maximum lending capacity of €500 billion.