The chairman of the National Monitoring Committee (CNA) for the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), Pedro Dominguinhos, says the country may move forward with a reprogramming of European funds once the damage and impacts of Storm Kristin have been assessed, indicating a timescale of about two months. “We can only carry out the reprogramming after ...”
Kristin: Dominguinhos admits PRR may be reprogrammed after impacts on targets and milestones are identified
Tuesday, 3 February 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
The Recovery and Resilience Plan (Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência) is Portugal's national programme under the EU's NextGenerationEU to fund reforms and investments after COVID‑19; the plan includes roughly €16.6 billion in grants plus about €2.7 billion in loans approved in 2021. Payments are tied to specific milestones and targets — which the government said it is politically committed to meet — so missed milestones can delay projects and funding that affect public works, contractors and local services.
