What’s the scorecard on Member State recovery plans?

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15Apr2021

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With member states’ national recovery plans due to be submitted to the European Commission by end-April, how are they making the most of the largest stimulus package ever financed through the EU budget?

The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) will offer large-scale financial support for investment and reforms, supporting member states in their efforts to ‘build back better’ in the aftermath of the health, social and economic crises which have shaken Europe and the world over the last year. Underlining the Facility is the mandate that all recovery and resilience plans must dedicate a minimum of 37% of expenditure to climate investment and reform and 20% to fostering the digital transition.

As the final recovery and resilience plans are submitted to the Commission throughout the month, they will serve as a window into how member states plan to answer the call of the twin green and digital transitions. Critical, however, will be to have the mechanisms in place to ensure that states are meeting their targets.

How has the overall involvement of civil society been in the drafting of the national plans?
How can recovery plans be used as an opportunity to level the playing field across the EU?
What instruments should be in place to measure member states’ progress in implementation?
How will citizens benefit from projects set out in these plans?

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Dragoș Pîslaru

Member of European Parliament

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Dharmendra Kanani

Director, Asia, Peace, Security & Defense, Digital & Chief spokesperson

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Dragoș Pîslaru is a Romanian economist and politician. He has been a member of the European Parliament since 2019 on behalf of USRPLUS, affiliated to the European political family Renew Europe. He is the Renew Europe Coordinator of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, and of the Subcommittee on Tax Matters. Pîslaru is the European Parliament co-rapporteur of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the largest financial instrument created by the European Union for the economic recovery of the Union after the pandemic.

Prior to joining Friends of Europe, Dharmendra Kanani was director of policy at the European Foundation Centre (EFC). He was the England director at the Big Lottery Fund, the largest independent funder in the UK and fourth largest in the world. Dharmendra has held senior positions in the public and voluntary sector and advisor to numerous ministerial policy initiatives across the UK.

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