As the deputy will be aware, it was clarified over the weekend that Spain is to seek official sources of funding. In particular, financial assistance is being sought from euro area Member States for the recapitalisation of Spanish financial institutions. Finance Ministers in the euro area have welcomed this and have expressed their willingness to respond favourably to the request. Financial assistance is to be provided by the EFSF / ESM and is to cover all possible capital requirements which will be estimated by the external audit that is currently taking place. The loan amount to cover the estimated capital requirements with an additional safety margin is estimated as summing up to €100 billion in total.
Spain will continue to fund its sovereign needs via market based financing.