The Recovery and resilience facility
united in diversity or more multi-speed integration
DOI :
https://doi.org/10.60054/PEU.2022.9.58-68Абстракт
The paper makes insight of the current Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) which is the main instrument to mitigate the economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic and make European economies and societies more sustainable, resilient and better prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the green and digital transitions. In that respect, the present study compares EU member states’ performance in terms of their Recovery and Resilience Plans’ implementation so far. First, it compares countries in terms of the timeline for approval of their plans, then in terms of the type of requested funds (grants or loans), and then in terms of funds allocated per country as a share of its GDP. Second, the paper compares countries’ priorities within the EU-level priorities in the RRF six pillars. Finally, it compares countries’ performance in terms of funds already disbursed (grants and loans) up to the present moment. The conclusion of these observations answers the question where the RRF is contributing to the countries being more coherent in the conditions of contemporary challenges or it will further accelerate the existing multi-speed integration in the EU.
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