Spain slows down the allocation of recovery funds by bureaucracy and bottlenecks: "A greater pace is needed"

European funds are a key pillar of Spain's economy, as the country most benefited by the aid for recovery (Next Generation) following the pandemic, but the handing over of this money to the autonomous communities has been slowed down in recent times, according to a report prepared and published by Esade. Thus, of the 80 billion euros committed by the EU in the first stage of European agreements, by 31 January 2025 almost 75 billion had been call…