Loans available through the Next Generation EU recovery plan, but not called upon by Member States, should be redistributed to other EU countries that have reached the limit of their national allocation (ceiling set at 6.8% of national GNI), notably to finance investments identified in the REPowerEU strategy that will help reduce the European Union’s dependence on Russian hydrocarbons, say the European Parliament’s Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and Budgets (BUDG) in...