比利时正加快努力，剥离其在全球金融危机期间积累的银行股份，政府内部有人推动优先出售其在法国巴黎银行（BNP Paribas SA）持有的 5.7% 股份。
Belgium is ramping up efforts to divest from stakes it amassed in banks during the global financial crisis, with some in the government pushing to prioritize the sale of its 5.7% stake in BNP Paribas SA.
据知情人士透露，该出售预计不会在短期内进行，也不被视为与正在进行的、颇具争议的预算谈判有关。但在首相巴特·德韦弗（Bart de Wever）领导的五党联合政府内部，在完成其他剥离项目后，出售该股份的呼声正在增强。
The sale is not expected to take place in the immediate future and is not seen as tied to ongoing, contentious budget talks, according to people familiar with discussions. But there is a push within Prime Minister Bart de Wever’s five-party government to sell the holding following the completion of other divestments.
按法国巴黎银行目前约 950 亿欧元的市值计算，比利时持有的股份价值约 54 亿欧元（约合 61 亿美元）。
Belgium’s stake is worth about €5.4 billion ($6.1 billion) at BNP’s current market valuation of about €95 billion.
政府有望在年底前出售比尔菲斯银行（Belfius Bank SA）20% 的股份，目前正处于具有约束力的报价阶段。此外，还就保险公司 Ethias SA 的未来选项进行了讨论，包括分拆其 IT 部门 Keyes 以及与比尔菲斯银行合并。
The government is on track to sell a 20% stake in Belfius Bank SA by the end of the year and is currently in a binding offer phase. There have also been discussions over future options for insurer Ethias SA including a spinoff of IT unit Keyes and a tie-up with Belfius.
据一位要求匿名以便自由发言的知情人士透露，法国巴黎银行股份的任何出售都可能在该国正在进行的剥离程序完成之后进行。比利时五党联合政府各部长的发言人及法国巴黎银行均拒绝置评。
Any sale of the stake would likely come after the country’s ongoing divestment processes, according to a person familiar with the discussions who requested anonymity to speak freely. Spokespersons for ministers of the five parties in the Belgian government and BNP Paribas declined to comment.
2008 年，比利时政府救助了当时该国最大的金融服务公司 Fortis，随后法国巴黎银行接管了 Fortis，比利时由此成为法国巴黎银行的最大股东。
Belgium became BNP Paribas’ largest shareholder in a 2008 deal that saw the French bank take control of Fortis, then Belgium’s largest financial services firm, following a government rescue.
财政部长扬·扬邦（Jan Jambon）此前曾表示，愿意出售被视为“非战略性”的国有资产。“依我之见，持有银行并非政府的核心职责，”扬邦在 6 月的议会委员会听证会上讨论比尔菲斯银行股份出售时表示。扬邦的发言人拒绝就他是否将法国巴黎银行股份视为战略资产发表评论。
Finance minister Jan Jambon has previously suggested an openness to selling state-owned assets seen as “non-strategic.”“In my view, owning a bank is not a core task of government,” Jambon said in June during a discussion of the Belfius stake sale in a parliamentary committee hearing. A spokesperson for Jambon declined to comment on whether he sees the BNP stake as strategic.
欧洲银行业股价在过去几年大幅上涨，促使该地区许多其他政府出售其持有近二十年的银行股份。例子包括意大利的蒙特德帕斯基锡耶纳银行、德国的商业银行和荷兰的荷兰皇家银行。
Share prices across the European banking sector have risen strongly over the past few years, prompting efforts by many other governments in the region to sell stakes in lenders they have held for almost two decades. Examples include Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA in Italy, Commerzbank in Germany and ABN Amro in the Netherlands.
比利时是一个由五个政党组成的联合政府，在许多议题上存在分歧，因此就出售股份达成协议可能颇具挑战。该联合政府目前正就下一份预算进行谈判，试图到2029年节省约100亿欧元（112亿美元）。
Belgium has a five-party coalition government that clashes on a number of topics, so reaching an agreement on selling the stake could prove challenging. The coalition is currently locked in discussions on its next budget as it tries to find about €10 billion ($11.2 billion) in savings by 2029.
政府此前曾考虑在2025年出售法巴股份以资助一项国防基金，但最终选择出售比尔菲斯20%的股份。
The government previously considered selling the BNP stake in 2025 to finance a defense fund, though ultimately it chose to sell 20% of Belfius instead.
根据彭博数据，截至6月30日，比利时联邦参股投资公司持有法巴5.7%的投票权，是仅次于贝莱德的第二大股东。
SFPIM held 5.7% of BNP’s voting rights as of June 30 and was its second largest shareholder, after Blackrock, according to Bloomberg data.
去年，比利时的预算赤字在欧元区最高，占国内生产总值的5.2%。该国央行预计，到2028年这一比例将扩大至5.7%。
Belgium had the highest budget deficit in the euro area last year, at 5.2% of gross domestic product. The country’s central bank expects that to widen to 5.7% in 2028.