The function of the ESM will be to mobilise funding and provide financial assistance, under strict conditionality, to the benefit of euro-area Member States, which are experiencing or are threatened by severe financing problems, in order to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area as a whole.
ESMi ülesanne on mobiliseerida vahendeid ja anda finantsabi range tingimuslikkuse alusel neile euroala liikmesriikidele, kes on tõsistes finantsraskustes või kellel on oht sellistesse raskustesse sattuda, eesmärgiga tagada finantsstabiilsus kogu euroalal.