Work on the assessment of Italy's
request for payment of its 19-billion-euro third instalment of
EU funding to implement the post-Covid National Recovery and
Resilience Plan (NRRP) is ongoing, a European Commission
spokesperson said on Monday.
"Our evaluation work is still ongoing," Commission Spokesperson
Veerle Nuyts said during a press briefing.
"There has been constructive dialogue with the Italian
authorities. There are no major developments".
In March Commission delayed payment of the third tranche while
it runs further checks on Italy's progress
European Economic Affairs Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said
that this was not exceptional as it has happened with other
countries too.
Rome is in negotiations with the European Commission to revise
the plan due to problems in getting some of the related projects
completed by the required deadline of 2026.
To date, Italy has received 66.9 billion euros in two
instalments to enact the plan to make the Italian economy
greener and more modern, with projects financed by almost 200
billion euros in EU grants and low-interest loans on condition
that all agreed targets are met by 2026.
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