First, the discussion of a levy on bank deposits, and whether small customers should be exempted, put class conflict front and center. Second, the question of foreign, and especially Russian, depositors – along with proximity to Syria – has turned the rescue of the Cypriot banking sector into an international relations problem.
塞浦路斯的事件给欧洲的主权债务和银行业双重危机又增加了两个矛盾。第一，关于是否要对银行存款征税以及小储户是否应该免税的讨论，让阶级矛盾问题走到前台。第二，如何对待外国储户尤其是俄罗斯储户的问题，连同比邻叙利亚的影响，将救助塞银行业变成一个国际关系问题。