NRRP 'central' to recovery amid war fall-out - Mattarella

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 8 - The massive post-COVID EU-funded National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) will be even more "central" to the Italian economy's recovery amid the repercussions of the Ukraine war, President Sergio Mattarella said in a message to the annual assembly of small-business group Confcommercio Wednesday.
    "After the crisis caused by the pandemic and the important signs of recovery also in the service, commerce and tourism sectors, Russia's war on Ukraine is generating a new moment of arrest and involution," he said.
    Supply-chain chaos and the "interruption of the normal chains of value", the president said, "are causing "strong tensions" destined to push up prices starting with energy, he said.
    The NRRP remains "central" to Italy's efforts to start growing its economy again, Mattarella said, and "firm determination is needed on the part of institutions, as well as a widespread and cohesive commitment by all social and economic forces". (ANSA).