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Posted on June 16, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Add as preferred source on GooglePoland has allocated 45% of its EU recovery funds, totaling 117 billion zlotys, to boost economic growth and meet extended investment deadlines.
WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland has signed agreements to distribute over 117 billion zlotys ($32 billion) of European Union pandemic recovery funds to local beneficiaries, 45% of the country's total allocation from Brussels, the Development Funds Ministry said on Monday.
EU Resilience and Recovery Funds are meant to boost member states' economies following the COVID-19 pandemic and Poland is counting on them to boost growth to 3.7% this year. Poland's allocation totals 255 billion zlotys and is split into grants and preferable loans.
"After one and a half years we have already contracted 117 billion zlotys. These investments are already happening," Development Funds Minister Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz said during a press conference.
"(It's) 774,000 signed contracts. This gives you an idea of how many beneficiaries there are, how big this project is," she added. The contracts include 66.5 billion zlotys in grants, 60%of the allocation, and close to 50.7 billion zlotys in loans, 33.5% of the allocation, according to the ministry data.
Poland has so far received 67 billion zlotys of the recovery funds under three payment requests and expects further 26.3 billion zlotys from a fourth and fifth request in August. The ministry plans two more payment requests this fall, one next spring and a ninth request in September 2026.
Last week, the European Commission extended the deadline for Poland to carry out investments under the programme till the end of 2026. It previously had run through August 2026.
($1 = 3.6829 zlotys)
(Reporting by Karol Badohal; Editing by Toby Chopra)
Poland has signed agreements to distribute over 117 billion zlotys, which is 45% of the total allocation.
These funds are meant to boost member states' economies following the COVID-19 pandemic.
There are 774,000 signed contracts, showcasing the scale of the project and the number of beneficiaries.
Poland is counting on the recovery funds to boost its economic growth to 3.7% this year.
The European Commission extended the deadline for Poland to carry out investments under the programme until the end of 2026.
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