Recovery Plan and advice to McKinsey, Mef specifies: "Only technical support"

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06 March 2021 The Ministry of Economy and Finance replies and clarifies about the press rumors according to which the Draghi-led government has entrusted the American company McKinsey with the advice to develop the Recovery Plan for the use of European funds.

In an official note, the department of Via XX Settembre states: "With regard to press articles relating to

relations with the McKinsey company, it is specified that

McKinsey, as well as other service companies that regularly support the Administration in the context of long-term active contracts and on various ongoing projects,

. "

In addition, in the official press release, the Mef reports on the PNRR ( National Recovery Plan and Resilience, which is the investment program that Italy must send to Brussels by 30 April 2021 to receive the funds of the Recovery Plan, ed): "

.

The Administration avails itself of external support in cases where specialized technical skills are required, or when the workload is abnormal and closing times are tight, as in the case of the Pnrr.

In particular,

concerns the elaboration of a study on the national Next Generation plans already prepared by the other European Union countries and a technical-operational support of project-management for the monitoring of the various lines of work. for the finalization of the Plan.

The contract with McKinsey has a value of 25 thousand euros + VAT and was awarded pursuant to art.

36, paragraph 2, of the Procurement Code, or so-called 'below threshold' direct contracts.

The information relating to the contract will be made public, as is the case for all other such contracts, in compliance with the legislation on transparency. "

The case has sparked the reactions of the political world.

, national secretary of the Italian Left commented: "I raise and make my own the questions posed by Fabrizio Barca.

What is happening at Palazzo Chigi?

Is it true that external technicians from a consultancy firm are in charge of the Recovery Plan, called in great secrecy, as the director of Radio Popolare Alessandro Gilioli writes?

With what mandate?

On the basis of what decision? "." Given that the previous government was 'stoned' over governance that expropriated Parliament, that would be quite serious.

As well as grotesque.

Meanwhile, while waiting for someone to answer the questions posed by Barca, - concluded Fratoianni - I will

. "

The leader of the

,

comments:" It is possible that with all the ministers, deputy ministers, undersecretaries, heads of departments, heads of legislative offices, task forces, managers, technicians and officials of the State that we have, should the Draghi Government entrust the drafting of the Recovery Plan to a private consulting company? ", while the deputy of Fratelli d'Italia 

has said: "McKinsey, a foreign company, gets paid consultancy for impact analysis: the government of the best called to write the National Recovery and Resilience Plan does worse than Conte and entrusts key assessments to technicians without responsibility, the Parliament must be central in the rewriting of the NRP, with more funds for innovation, culture, sport, publishing "." It is an expropriation of national sovereignty to rely on

a foreign company.

question to ask for clarity on governance and on the attribution of this advice to McKinsey ", added Mollicone.

" The Mef has clarified that the governance of the PNRR is in the hands of competent public administrations and McKinsey has no role in defining the Recovery Plan.

Now stop the controversy and go on with the work, it is not the time for further fractures. "The Minister for Relations with the Parliament Federico D'Incà wrote on Twitter.