In an article for the Corriere de la Sera, Francesco Corti explains how reaching RRF milestones and targets may not actually reflect having successful results. He also points out that a number of linked conditions may not have been well thought through when the member states drafted their national plans. Based on two real examples, he explains how such cases can easily arise and recommends to review the way monitoring is undertaken.

If you are intrigued and do not read Italian, his findings will be published in a CEPS expert Commentary early January, so stay tuned if you want to know how to formally succeed without achieving much … or how to avoid it.