“For the moment, Italy’s progress towards meeting the milestones and targets” of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRPR) “has been positive”. This was said by a European Commission spokeswoman during the daily press briefing, when asked about the Commission’s confidence in Italy’s ability to spend the full EUR 220 billion foreseen in the NRPR. “For the time being, the implementation of the plan is ongoing, as you know we are assessing the third payment request and we have agreed on a further extension so we will present our assessment by the end of April,” she recalled.