Brussels gave Portugal the first green light on Wednesday for a national recovery plan financed by the unprecedented common loan intended to overcome the economic consequences of the pandemic, announced the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
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This is the first national recovery plan supported by the Commission, here in Portugal
", the country which holds the rotating presidency of the European Council, she declared in Lisbon alongside Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, before taking the travel to Spain later in the day.
