Factsheet: Five years of the ESM
ESM
Five years of ESM - key figures
Five years of ESM - timeline
ESM disburses first loan to Spain (for bank recapitalisation)
11 December 2012ESM Board of Governors elects Jeroen Dijsselbloem as its Chairman
11 February 2013ESM disburses first loan to Cyprus
13 May 2013ESM issues inaugural bond (5-year, €7 bn bond)
8 October 2013ESM Direct Recapitalisation Instrument adopted
8 December 2014Lithuania becomes 19th member of the ESM
3 February 2015ESM disburses first loan to Greece
20 August 2015ESM Working Paper Series is launched
25 September 2015ESM short-term debt relief measures for Greece approved
23 January 2017Contacts
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