On Tuesday, the President of the Republic (PR) challenged the Government to imitate Stellantis in the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), after the Minister of Economy assumed that this automotive company is an example for the sector.
I was listening to the president [da Stellantis] Carlos Tavares and the Minister of Economy, who is also fiery, and I told myself: just as with Stellantis it was possible to have, in relation to the mobilizing agenda, 51% compliance in one year, it is necessary that the PRR, in general, the compliance rate approaches 51% and quickly exceeds it, which We don’t have all the time in the world.“, highlighted Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
For Marcelo, “the State has to set its sights on Stellantis in such a way that in all sectors where there is or will be more money, the money can reach the final recipients, the final beneficiaries who are the Portuguese”.
The Minister of Economy said very well that Stellantis is an example to be emulated by the Portuguese economy. I would also say that it is an example to be emulated by the Portuguese State with unique funds in this dimension. Unique in time and unique in their immediate concentration”, He concluded.
The President of the Republic made these statements at the end of a visit to the car factory based in Mangualde, Viseu district, after Carlos Tavares had indicated that this production unit “is among the top three worldwide of the group” of the 90 Stellantis factories.
At the end of the ceremony, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa told reporters that the rate of execution of the PRR, “despite a recovery that occurred last year, in relation to previous years, remains very low“.
The President of the Republic said that it is enough to do the math, between what has already been executed, received and the reimbursement that “soon” will be completed and “There is a huge void“.
“There is a huge difference between the money we have available, which has already been contracted, and the money that has already reached intermediary entities, but which, in bureaucratic terms, has difficulties in reaching the final recipient,” he said.
In this regard, he warned that the time we have ahead of us “is very limited”, it is two and a half years, since the deadline for The PRR is due to be implemented at the end of 2026..
“We need to recover quickly, we know that we have better execution rates than other European countries, but that is no consolation. we need to improve”, he warned.
Source: Observadora
