The European Commission issued a positive opinion on Monday 28 February on Italy and Greece’s requests for interim payments at the end of 2021 under the NextGeneration EU Recovery Plan.
The Italian government is asking for €21 billion (€10 billion in grants and €11 billion in loans) from the European Union to finance its national recovery plan.
In order to release this tranche of aid, Italy had to fulfil 51 measures and targets in its plan. This includes reforms in the areas of...