Newsroom469 Press releases Press conferences Speeches Interviews Articles and Op-eds Videos and photos Press releases ESM raises €3 billion with new 3-year bond, kicks off 2020 long-term funding 10/02/2020 ESM Press releases ESM appoints Niels Lynggård Hansen as Head of Economics and Market Analysis 07/02/2020 ESM Press releases ESM approves waiver of Cyprus’s mandatory repayment obligation 06/02/2020 ESM Press releases Staff statement following the fifth post-programme mission to Greece 24/01/2020 ESM Press releases ESM Appoints Paolo Fioretti as Country Team Coordinator for Greece 20/01/2020 ESM Press releases EFSF opens 2020 funding with record-sized book for a new 30-year bond 13/01/2020 EFSF Press releases EFSF approves reduction of step-up interest margin for Greece 09/01/2020 ESM, EFSF Press releases Baudilio Tomé Muguruza joins ESM Board of Auditors 17/12/2019 ESM Press releases Staff statement following the twelfth post-programme surveillance mission to Ireland 22/11/2019 ESM Press releases EFSF completes Q4 funding needs with 10-year bond sale 12/11/2019 EFSF Press releases ESM and EFSF approve waiver of Greece’s mandatory repayment obligation 28/10/2019 ESM, EFSF Press releases ESM raises €3.5 billion with long 5-year bond, completes Q4 funding 22/10/2019 ESM Press releases Regional Financing Arrangements pledge to strengthen ties with IMF at 4th High-level Dialogue 16/10/2019 ESM Press releases Joint Statement of the Fourth High-Level Regional Financing Arrangements (RFA) Dialogue 16/10/2019 ESM Press releases Ilias Dimitriadis joins ESM Board of Auditors 11/10/2019 ESM Press releases EFSF raises €3 billion in long 3-year bond deal 10/10/2019 EFSF Press releases Staff statement following the twelfth post-programme mission to Spain 10/10/2019 ESM Press releases Greek Finance Minister Staikouras meets ESM Managing Director Regling in Luxembourg 10/10/2019 ESM Press releases ESM launches programme country database 10/10/2019 ESM Press releases Staff statement following the fourth post-programme mission to Greece 26/09/2019 ESM More content is coming your way Contacts Cédric Crelo Head of Communications and Chief Spokesperson +352 260 962 205 c.crelo@esm.europa.eu Anabela Reis Deputy Head of Communications and Deputy Chief Spokesperson +352 260 962 551 a.reis@esm.europa.eu George Matlock Senior Financial Spokesperson +352 260 962 232 g.matlock@esm.europa.eu Juliana Dahl Principal Speechwriter and Principal Spokesperson +352 260 962 654 j.dahl@esm.europa.eu Subscribe to ESM news Subscribe to ESM blog Subscribe to Investor Relations newsletter Social media Pierre Gramegna at Eurogroup press conference, May 2023The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is the permanent crisis resolution mechanism for the countries of the euro area. Like its predecessor -- the te...