Newsroom475 Press releases Press conferences Speeches Interviews Articles and Op-eds Videos and photos Press releases EFSF mandates BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs International and Royal Bank of Scotland as joint lead managers for its second issue for Portugal 22/06/2011 EFSF Press releases EFSF places €5 billion bond in support of Portugal 15/06/2011 EFSF Press releases EFSF mandates Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank and HSBC as joint lead managers for second issue 10/06/2011 EFSF Press releases EU and EFSF funding plans to provide financial assistance for Portugal and Ireland 19/05/2011 EFSF Press releases Letter to Editor of Financial Times 25/02/2011 EFSF Press releases EFSF places inaugural benchmark issue 25/01/2011 EFSF Press releases Top credit rating for EFSF's debut debt issuance 19/01/2011 EFSF Press releases EFSF mandates Citi, HSBC and Sociéte Générale as joint lead managers for the inaugural benchmark issue 17/01/2011 EFSF Press releases EU and EFSF funding plans to provide financial assistance for Ireland 21/12/2010 EFSF Press releases Belgium, Slovakia and Slovenia now full EFSF members 03/12/2010 EFSF Press releases Slovakia confirms commitment to EFSF framework agreement 29/09/2010 EFSF Press releases EFSF becomes fully operational 20/09/2010 EFSF Press releases EFSF becomes fully operational 04/08/2010 EFSF Press releases Slovakia agrees upon EFSF framework 16/07/2010 EFSF Press releases European Financial Stability Facility CEO Takes Office 01/07/2010 EFSF 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 Juliana Dahl Principal Speechwriter and Principal Spokesperson +352 260 962 654 j.dahl@esm.europa.eu George Matlock Senior Financial Spokesperson +352 260 962 232 g.matlock@esm.europa.eu Subscribe to ESM news Subscribe to ESM blog Subscribe to Investor Relations newsletter Social media Pierre Gramegna at Eurogroup press conference, December 2023The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is the permanent crisis resolution mechanism for the countries of the euro area. Like its predecessor -- the te...