(Finance) – The EU Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Paul Gentilonistated that on the PNRR Italy “asked for substantial changes” to the objectives set for the fourth installment. This, she explained, involves “serious checks” of the conditions and arguments brought forward, which the Commission is doing. “The resources provided for by the PNRR programs exist and there is a great deal of work with the various countries, including Italy, to conclude the evaluations on the various disbursement installments”.
“So far we haven’t caught any decisions – he precised -. we have received a request from the Italian government to modify 10 of the 27 objectives”, a request “that we are examining as quickly as possible”. “On the basis of this assessment – continued the commissioner – we will give a return to the Italian government. Following this, the real one will arrive in the coming weeks request formal of the fourth installment, and then the two-month period for the Commission’s evaluations will start”.
“All this may seem complicated, but it is certain that, if we have to change so substantially the programsand in the case of the fourth installment for Italy it is a question of a third of the objectives, we must do so – underlined Gentiloni – verifying very seriously the conditions they subjectsand taking your time. But I assure you that we are really working very hard to reduce the times as much as possible”.
As for the final decision on the third installmentInstead, the commissioner was asked when he can be expected to arrive. “I – he replied – I’ve been saying soon for many weeks”. Reiterating: “Coming soon”.
“I think it is very important to continue working to lower theinflation, which in the end is a hidden tax that mainly affects the middle class, employees and families. We must lower it without falling back into a vision of austerity, which we have abandoned in recent years”, Gentiloni then observed.