We won't give up any NRRP funds says Giorgetti

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 5 - Italy will not give up any of the near 200 billion euros in EU funding for its post-COVID National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti said Monday.
    "I don't want to give up anything, as the NRRP funds are convenient," said Giorgetti, emphasising that "we have to assess which investments are the most productive in terms of growth capacity for the country and if some project is no longer relevant it is our duty to review it".
    Any failure of Italy would be "a blow to its image", he said, stressing that "the European Commission also has an interest in Italy investing and doing well.
    "Let's get out of the political debate in this clash between Italian and European bureaucracy". (ANSA).