Regional Policy Minister Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz said on Tuesday that the "sixth and seventh" requests cover reforms and investment projects across areas including energy, digitization and infrastructure.
She wrote on X that the money would strengthen the Polish economy and businesses.
Poland’s National Recovery Plan is the country’s package under the European Union’s post-pandemic Recovery and Resilience Facility, which links payments to the completion of specific reforms and investment targets.
Each payment request lists milestones and indicators that must be met before the European Commission can approve a disbursement.
The ministry said the latest two requests include 43 such targets.
The package is meant to finance projects such as building and modernizing rail lines, buying passenger rolling stock, purchasing low-emission buses, and upgrading schools and kindergartens to improve energy efficiency.
Other planned uses include expanding high-speed internet in underserved areas, digitizing medical services, modernizing hospitals and supplying medical universities with research equipment.
The requests also cover investment in the power grid and transmission networks, broader electricity infrastructure and hydrogen technologies.
Poland has been filing payment requests in batches.
According to the government’s timeline, the first request was submitted on December 15, 2023, the second and third on September 13, 2024, and the fourth and fifth on December 27, 2024.
The remaining two requests, the eighth and ninth, are planned for 2026, with the minister indicating that the associated funds would reach Poland in August and December next year.
Earlier this month, the ministry said the European Commission transferred PLN 26 billion (EUR 6.2 billion) to Poland tied to the fourth and fifth requests, bringing the total received so far under the plan to PLN 93 billion.
After revisions, Poland’s plan consists of 57 investment projects and 54 reforms, with a total of EUR 59.8 billion, including EUR 25.3 billion in grants and EUR 34.5 billion in preferential loans.
In line with EU priorities, a large share of the plan’s budget is earmarked for climate-related spending and for digital transformation.
(rt/gs)
Source: IAR, PAP