The European Commission has approved a positive preliminary assessment of Italy's payment request for 16.5 billion euros in the form of grants and loans under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). The request for payment of the fourth installment, based on the achievement of 21 milestones and 7 targets, had been submitted last September 22, and included a number of reforms in key areas such as criminal and civil justice, public employment, public procurement, and elderly and long-term care: among them there are also measures to implement reforms in public administration and the criminal and civil justice system. The investments, the commission explains, cover a wide range of areas such as energy efficiency in buildings, hydrogen infrastructure, childcare, digital transition, sustainable mobility and social inclusion, from installing charging infrastructure to upgrading the regional public transport rail fleet with zero-emission trains to investments on green hydrogen and against educational poverty in the Mezzogiorno, to increase the supply of kindergartens and preschools and early childhood education and care services. This call also includes investment in increasing the availability of affordable housing for college students.