ESM Annual Report 2018
Annual Report 2018 2018 ANNUAL REPORT EUROPEAN STABILITY MECHANISM Europe Direct is a service to help you find answers to your questions about the European Union Freephone number (*): 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11 (*) The information given is free, as are most calls (though some operators, phone boxes or hotels may charge you). Photo credits: © European Stabiity Mechanism, Steve Eastwood: pages 6, 17, 35, 37, 38, 40, 44, 51, 52, 55, 57, 58, 63, 66, 71, 73, 75 Portrait photos: pages 14, 17, 20, 23, 36, 39, 42, 46, 50, 51, 54, 56, 58, 63, 66, 67-70, 72, 73 supplied by national Finance Ministries PRINT ISBN 978-92-95085-59-6 ISSN 2314-9493 doi:10.2852/53320 DW-AA-19-001-EN-C PDF ISBN 978-92-95085-58-9 ISSN 2443-8138 doi:10.2852/427922 DW-AA-19-001-EN-N More information on the European Union is available on the Internet (http://europa.eu). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2019 © European Stability Mechanism, 2019 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. 2018 Annual Report 2018 ANNUAL REPORT | 3 Contents 5 ESM at a glance 7 Message from the Managing Director 9 Letter of transmittal to the Board of Governors 10 2018 year in review 11 The international role of the euro 01 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS 13 Macroeconomic and financial environment 18 December 2018 Euro Summit marks new chapter for the ESM 21 Programme country experiences 23 Greek programme achievements 32 Resilience of countries that benefited from financial assistance 02 ESM ACTIVITIES 37 Processing the financial transactions of the ESM 39 ALM and Lending
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