Presidential candidate António José Seguro suggests the Government should ask Brussels to obtain an extension of the deadline for completing some works financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR). “I would like to make a suggestion to the Government: in the context of the PRR negotiation, if the European Union could grant an extension ...”
Seguro suggests extending deadline to complete PRR-funded projects
Friday, 30 January 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.
