12/09/2022 (Agence Europe) – At the informal meeting of EU finance ministers last weekend in Prague (see separate news item), Portugal’s Fernando Medina called for Member States to be given more time, beyond the current regulatory deadline of 2026, to implement their national plans under the Next Generation EU Recovery Plan. Record inflation, fuelled by soaring energy prices, is pushing up investment and supply costs, so the Portuguese authorities believe it is better to wait for...