Portugal expects 5.9 billion from SURE to support layoff
The amount solicited by Portugal is only behind that requested by Italy (27.4 billion), Spain (21.3 billion), Poland (11.2 billion) and Belgium (7.8 billion).
Portugal has requested 5.9 billion euros under the SURE programme, a sum still awaiting approval from Brussels. The EU Executive has already proposed the amount to be delivered to 15 countries, but Portugal is still waiting for the amount requested by the Minister João Leão to be validated, Público newspaper said.
The government has requested funding of “around 5.9 billion euros,” says an official source from the Ministry of Finance. This figure is only behind those requested by Italy (27.4 billion), Spain (21.3 billion), Poland (11.2 billion) and Belgium (7.8 billion), some of the 15 countries that have already received the ‘green light’ from Brussels for this support for employment retention measures adopted in the middle of a pandemic.
“Portugal and Hungary have already officially requested support and their requests are being assessed and the Commission hopes to present a proposal for support to both countries soon,” the European Commission said on the day it revealed that it proposed to provide financial support worth 81.4 billion euros to 15 countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania.
