Was voted in today in plenary session European parliament By a wide majority the proposal Farantouri to extend the period of mature works of his mature works Recovery fund for 18 months approved by the budget committee. As the MEP and a member of the European Parliament’s budget committee stated in a written statement, “from the first moment I have been in favor of extension so that valuable resources would not be lost, despite the rigorous criticism I have made to the government for its management and priorities.”
During his plenary speech, Nicolas Farantouris spoke of “the first serious European borrowing effort to meet common challenges of our common European family that should not fail” and asked “MEPs of all Eurograts to vote in favor of completion”.
Turning to the competent Commissioners, also turning to the relevant Commissioners. Fitto and Dobrovski called for “the Commission not to ignore the will of the 500 million citizens represented by the European Parliament” and to extend.
The proposal of Farantouri had been accepted by a wide majority a month ago by the budget committee by invoking the volume of projects to be implemented in the Member States, the administrative difficulties and the extraordinary conditions that made the extension necessary for not lost valuable funds, especially for countries such as Greece.
As the Greek MEP notes, the proposal was supported by Greek MEPs and other Eurograts, both on the budget committee and today in plenary. ”
And he concludes: “Despite the criticism of how to manage funds, it is necessary not to interrupt projects that can contribute to the development of our society and our economy. It is now in the hands of the government to take advantage of our current victory in the European Parliament. “
The silence of the Commission
It is noted that the Commissionin a recent announcement on the progress of the implementation of the recovery and durability mechanism, had chosen to overtake the extension request.
However, it left open the possibility of continuing the works of the Recovery Fund through other financial mechanisms.
Today’s plenary decision is almost certain to “unlock” the extension in any of the two ways.
See the speech of Farantouri in plenary: