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Brussels is finalizing a mechanism to cut off European funds for non-compliant countries


the European Commission complements the penalty regime for those Member States that do not comply with what has been agreed upon in the recovery plan; That is, the milestones, reforms and investments committed in exchange for receiving European resources. The last margins remain only for the authorities of the community to announce the design of this method of calculation which will determine the amount of money to be withdrawn from countries that are not doing their duty, among which Spain can be found if it does not speed up some measures and investments.

The sources consulted confirmed that the whole system appears to have been calibrated on the weight and significance of non-compliance, that is, it would not be the same to disagree with Part Two of the pension reform as not to promote the rehabilitation of families. . Each obligation, depending on its importance and weight, will carry a certain part of the economic resources.

The European Court of Auditors, for example, focused on Milestone 173, according to which Spain undertook to create a computer platform to control the use of funds. but coffeeAs it is called, it became a failed tool for about two years, after the Treasury Department failed to get this key system on track to know the exact degree to which resources were being implemented and to submit accounts to the Authority.

From Europe, all member states were required to have this information system in place and be operational before the first batch, i.e. Spain At the end of 2021. Since then, the magnifying glass has been on how resources are spent in our country, the first to ask for the money of millionaires, and how the destination of the money is controlled.

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At the time, the authorities of the community considered that goal achieved in Spain, knowing the failures that this computer system was experiencing. Then they marked some “shortcomings”, which European Court of Reviewers It was put on the table in the assessment made a few months ago in the first year of implementation of the Spanish plan. Now Spain has not yet received the third tranche of 6,000 million euros, and it is expected that the operation of this control mechanism will be analyzed again.

The chaos in the administration that led to the general director of the recovery plan, Rocio Frutos Ibor, the senior official charged with overseeing the implementation of the recovery plan, who submitted her resignation for reasons of disagreement with the government. His position was filled by Jorge Fabra Portela, former advisor to Pedro Sánchez at La Moncloa.

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