The German central bank also opposed the idea of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) lending countries money at favourable interest rates to buy back their own bonds — an idea supported by Greece. Euro zone member states are looking to increase the effective lending capacity of the EFSF. Some have also discussed using the fund to buy the bonds of crisis-hit countries on the secondary market — an idea the Bundesbank dismissed.
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