Italy, the biggest beneficiary of EU’s €800bn post-pandemic recovery fund, is pleading for extra time to spend its share as it seeks to overhaul a programme that it says has been blown off course by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Giancarlo Giorgetti, minister for the economy and finance, said Italy — and Europe — had to be more realistic about how cost projections for the plan had been affected by the Ukraine conflict.
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