Banks retort that they need to compete with deposit-hungry Greek rivals and a dysfunctional co-operative sector that is run by "butchers and farmers", in the words of a dismissive commercial banker.

银行则反驳说，他们需要与遭遇了存款荒的对手希腊和一个机能不良的由“屠夫和农民”(一位傲慢的商业银行家如是说)经营的联合部门竞争。

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