Today, the Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of 60 out of the 61 milestones and targets linked to Spain's fourth payment request for €10 billion (net of pre-financing) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU.

The payment request covers important steps in the delivery of 34 reforms and 26 investments that will drive positive change for citizens and businesses in Spain in the areas of the green and digital transitions, the pension system, research, development and innovation, education and vocational training, employment, digitalisation of public services, forestry and water management, and inter-territorial cooperation.