600 million scandal in Italy: Fraudsters buy villas, jewels and luxury cars with EU money. 191.5 billion of Italy's 222.1 billion euro recovery and resilience plan comes from the EU.

“Next Generation EU’ development aid is seen as a once-in-a-century opportunity for the boot state, which is intended to recover economically and socially from the major crisis following the corona pandemic. Germany receives 28 billion euros from the 800 billion euro pot, but is currently leaving the money on the table.