Pnrr, the government reaches an agreement with the EU: the left remains without arguments

The funds remain, 35 billion until the end of 2023, but the third installment drops by around 500 million, to 18.5 billion, and the fourth rises to 16.5 billion: this was established after the agreement between the government and the EU on the Pnrr, communicated at the end of the control room meeting in Palazzo Chigi and chaired by the competent minister, Raffaele Fitto. The transfer of resources from the third to the fourth installment is essentially due to a request for change in the field of student accommodation reform, explains the Government led by Giorgia Meloni, in order to insert a new milestone in the fourth installment, clarify the conditions and objectives of the measure and correct some writing errors. “According to the Commission”, underlines the executive, “the proposed changes will not have an impact on the total amount of payments that Italy will receive in 2023 with the third and fourth installments (total value of 35 billion euros). 500 beds by the end of the year but directly 60,000 by the end of 2026. 0 proposals for modifying the fourth installment already examined by the control room and presented to the Commission on 11 July”.

“We do not foresee changes to the total amount of payments that Italy should receive in 2023, taking into account both the third and fourth payment requests”, meanwhile also confirm EU sources. “We reiterate that we have been in contact with the Italian authorities on this matter and have had constructive exchanges”, in particular on the “provision on student accommodation”. EU Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, is pleased: “We’ve worked hard in recent weeks, constructively, and I think that in the end the solution is very positive. Satisfaction also emerges from government sources because, given the challenges of the Pnrr, “intensive work has been carried out in recent months, with the contribution of all the competent administrations and without interruption, to complete the implementation phase, in permanent contact with the offices of the European Commission”.

However, the opposition goes on the attack. The secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, thunders: “It is good that the third installment finally arrives, but it demonstrates the inability of this government to manage this unique and unrepeatable investment plan in our country. We are available to collaborate but this government needs a leap forward”. While the M5S attacks the student housing, about which, Grillini’s deputies in the Education Commission explain, “we have been sounding the alarm in all offices for months.