Finance ministers of Germany, France, Italy, and Spain urged member states on Wednesday (28 April) to submit their recovery plans and pressed the European Commission to speed up the assessment of the investment and reform proposals.
Ministers Olaf Scholz (Germany), Bruno Le Maire (France), Daniele Franco (Italy) and Nadia Calviño (Spain) said in a joint declaration on Wednesday that the four largest European economies will submit their recovery plans this week.
By Thursday evening, the Commission confirmed the submission of the Portuguese, Greek, and German final drafts. The EU executive expected to receive a dozen of plans by midnight on Friday.