The Portuguese Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), financed by European recovery funds, exposed the fragilities of the Portuguese state apparatus. The European "bazooka", a term used to designate the massive package of funds made available by the European Union, is said to have revealed the structural deficiencies of the Portuguese administrative regime.
The article suggests that Portugal has built a State characterized by the inability to make decisions and the tendency to pretend to solve problems. This criticism points to a culture of hesitation and simulation within the public administration.
The title "The State that Distrusts Everyone" indicates that there is an institutionalized distrust in the functioning of the public sector, possibly related to the multiplication of controls and bureaucratic procedures.
The reference to the "final joke" suggests that the very creators of this administrative machine are now speaking out against the problems they helped create, denouncing the consequences of the system they contributed to build.
