Press Release: Portugal: Final disbursement made from EU financial assistance programme

The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, disbursed on the 12 November 2014 its final loan of €400m to Portugal under the European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM) and as part of the financial assistance programme for Portugal which concluded earlier in 2014.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Economic and Financial Times: Financial assistance in EU Member States: Portugal http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/assistance_eu_ms/portugal/index_en.htm

ESO: Background information: Statement by the European Commission and the European Central Bank following the first post-programme surveillance mission to Portugal http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-by-the-european-commission-and-the-european-central-bank-following-the-first-post-programme-surveillance-mission-to-portugal/

ESO: Background information: Statement by the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund on Portugal http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-statement-by-the-european-commission-the-european-central-bank-and-the-international-monetary-fund-on-portugal/

IMF: IMF and Portugal http://www.imf.org/external/country/prt/

Portugal: Ministry of Finance: News, 05.11.14: Government reaffirms its firm commitment to respect the 2015 deadline for Portugal to exit the Excessive Deficit Procedure http://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/the-ministries/ministry-of-finance/keep-updated/20141105-mf-avaliacao.aspx

Diário Económico, 09.12.14: Portugal going back to pre-crisis habits (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE155072-Portugal-going-back-to-pre-crisis-habits

---