Newsroom476 Press releases Press conferences Speeches Interviews Articles and Op-eds Videos and photos Press releases EFSF places 7-year bond 24/04/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF mandates HSBC, Morgan Stanley and Natixis as joint lead managers for its next issue 23/04/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF places €4 billion 5-year bond 21/03/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF mandates Citigroup, Nomura and Unicredit as joint lead managers for next issue 20/03/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF holds 6-month bill auction 20/03/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF places €1.5 billion 20 year bond 19/03/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF holds 3-month bill auction 06/03/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF holds 6-month bill auction 21/02/2012 EFSF Press releases European Sovereign Bond Protection Facility launched 17/02/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF holds 6-month bill auction 17/01/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF statement following Standard & Poor’s decision to downgrade its long-term rating 16/01/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF places €3 billion benchmark bond in support of Ireland and Portugal 05/01/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF mandates Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Société Générale CIB as joint lead managers for its next issue 03/01/2012 EFSF Press releases EFSF holds first bill auction 13/12/2011 EFSF Press releases EFSF launches short-term funding programme 07/12/2011 EFSF Press releases Maximising EFSF's capacity approved 29/11/2011 EFSF Press releases EFSF places €3 billion bond in support of Ireland 07/11/2011 EFSF Press releases EFSF mandates Barclays, Crédit Agricole CIB and JP Morgan as joint lead managers for its next issue for Ireland 31/10/2011 EFSF Press releases EFSFâs top credit rating affirmed 29/10/2011 EFSF Press releases EFSF amendments approved by all Member States 13/10/2011 EFSF 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 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, November 2023The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is the permanent crisis resolution mechanism for the countries of the euro area. Like its predecessor -- the te...