With the latest tranche, Greece has now received €23.4 billion from the RRF, representing 65.2% of the total budget of its national plan, “Greece 2.0.”
When announced in 2021, the Commission said the RRF package for Greece totaled 36.61 billion euros in value, of which 18.22 billion euros are grants and the rest 'soft' loans
The €154.8 million deal, co-funded by EU recovery programs and national resources, will strengthen Greece’s aerial firefighting fleet with agile amphibious planes designed for rapid wildfire response
Athens is preparing to submit its revised “Greece 2.0” Recovery and Resilience Plan after Easter, with a slight delay from the initial timeline but with the European Commission’s approval.
Indicative of the significance of the event was the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and timing to coincide with the most evening newscasts.
A report at IN.gr points out that less than 1/4th of RRF loans have reached their intended recipients, and only Greece and Bulgaria are 'late' on disclosing information on actual recipients of RRF funds.
The preliminary assessment said that Greece had fulfilled all the prerequisites for the disbursement of €1 billion in grants as part of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)
The tranche is part of the €18.2-billion loan and subsidy package earmarked for Greece from the total 36 billion allocated for Greece
The 4th payment tranche involves 2.3 billion euros n loans under the Union's post-pandemic Recovery and Resilience Facility stimulus plan
By April 22, funds totaling 5.75 billion euros had been transferred for approved projects of the Recovery Fund to entities within and outside the general government and final recipients
European Commission says Greece is moving ahead with the implementation of key investments and reforms according to its National Recovery and Resilience Plan
Athens event attended by EPP European Parliament group leader Manfred Weber
Commission disburses payments to Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia and Slovenia under the Recovery and Resilience Facility