The Recovery and Resilience Plan was executed at 100%, but excluded works and those contracted in excess will have an impact on public accounts through the State Budget. The Government has not yet managed to determine the exact value of the final bill it will have to bear.
The PRR, which aimed to finance economic recovery projects after the pandemic, achieved full execution of available funds. However, complications arose with works that were excluded from the plan and with contracts awarded above the initially planned values.
The financial consequences of these decisions will fall on the State Budget, meaning taxpayers may be called upon to cover the additional costs. This situation represents a challenge for Portuguese public finances.
Government authorities acknowledge that they still do not have sufficient information to calculate the concrete amount that will have to be supported by the State Budget, with uncertainty remaining about the final impact on public accounts.
