German deputy finance minister Steffen Kampeter on Thursday reiterated that the Spanish state is liable for the 100 billion euros ($123 billion) in aid that other euro zone countries are injecting into the country’s ailing banking sector and that the aid does not amount to a blank check.

Last month, Spain formally requested the banking rescue last month to recapitalize its banks.

It had hoped the bailout would calm investors’ nerves after Spain’s borrowing costs were pushed above 7 percent, a level considered impossible to sustain.

Germany’s lower house votes on Berlin’s contribution to the 100 billion euro bailout on Thursday, and Chancellor Angela Merkel looks set to secure a majority vote in favor of the bailout despite opposition from some member of her own party.

“There is no direct infusion into the Spanish banking system. The European partners have a memorandum of understanding with the state of Spain and money is delivered to the state of Spain and guaranteed by the state,” Kampeter told CNBC.

“They are injecting via the FROB (Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring), recapitalizing or reorganizing the Spanish banking system,” he said.

“The message is quite clear. Europe has a partner. It’s the Spanish state,” Kampeter said.

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