Pełczyńska-Nałęcz said the sixth and seventh requests cover reforms and investments across areas including energy, digitalization, and infrastructure.
She wrote on X that the money would strengthen the economy and Polish 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 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 equipping medical universities with research equipment. The requests also cover investment in power grids 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 Dec. 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 26 billion zlotys 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 investments and 54 reforms, with a total of about PLN 232 billion, including grants and 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.
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Source: IAR, PAP