Stress tests in the summer were exposed as a failure after Franco-Belgian bank Dexia – which passed – went bust and dozens of others were downgraded.

夏季的银行压力测试暴露出银行问题，法比合资的德克夏银行通过了测试，但是破产了，另有十几家银行被降级。

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So far, for pragmatic rather than ideological reasons, the French state has bailed out just one troubled bank: Dexia, a small Franco-Belgian institution.

到目前为止，出于少说话多办事的原则，法国仅仅捞出一家困难银行：德克夏（Dexia），这是一家法比合资的小型机构。

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Dexia SA gained 5.8 percent to 3.12 euros, while Piraeus Bank SA and Credit Agricole SA rose 5.2 percent to 1.62 euros and 4 percent to 11.34 euros, respectively.

德克夏银行(Dexia)股价上涨5.8%，至3.12欧元，希腊比雷埃夫斯银行(Piraeus Bank)股价上涨5.2%，至1.62欧元，法国农业信贷银行股价上涨4%，至11.34欧元。

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At the time, other big cross-border banks, such as Fortis, a Benelux bank, and Dexia, a Belgo-Dutch bank, were in deep trouble, and there were growing concerns among European officials that a country could be overwhelmed if it was home to a big international bank that failed.

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Meanwhile, France, Belgium and Luxembourg have approved a plan to secure the future of the troubled bank Dexia, following fears it could go bankrupt.

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The near collapse of the Franco-Belgian bank Dexia is the event that focused the minds of eurozone leaders on the urgency of putting in place a comprehensive plan to strengthen European banks in general.

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