Technical experts from the European
Commission (EC) will be in Rome starting Monday for planned
meetings to review Italy's EU-funded post-Covid National
Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), an EC spokesperson said on
Friday.
"We expect that the discussions will focus on payment requests,
as well as on the way forward for the revision of the plan and
the RePoweEu chapter," said the spokesperson.
Brussels "has a constant constructive exchange with all member
states, including Italy, on the implementation of their plans,"
added the spokesperson, saying since the start of implementation
"this process includes regular meetings to discuss progress".
Italy is awaiting payment by the EU of the delayed third
installment of funding for projects in support of technological
innovation and the ecological transition, amid concerns that the
scheme has got bogged down in delays and that some of the
targets cannot be met by the 2026 deadline.
It also needs to submit an additional chapter to the NRRP
detailing projects to be carried out under the RePowerEU funding
programme promoting measures to save energy, produce clean
energy and diversify energy supplies.
On Thursday the government said in its quarterly report on the
progress of the NRRP that it had encountered many obstacles in
the implementation of the plan.
Photo: European Affairs Minister Raffaele Fitto, responsible for
Italy's NRRP
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