Source: European Parliament
Slovakia is set to receive €6 408.5 million, solely in grants, to implement its national recovery and resilience plan (NRRP, Plán obnovy), representing 6.8 % of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019. On 13 May 2025, the Council approved Slovakia’s amended NRRP addressing technical and procurement challenges, introducing new reforms and investments, and adjusting timelines. The updated plan reduced its green investment ambition by 4.6 percentage points (pps), but reinforced its digital ambition by 0.5 pps, maintaining strong support for the green (41.1 %) and digital (21.1 %) transitions. On 11 July 2023, the Council had approved a first revision of the NRRP. Following a 2022 update, Slovakia’s allocation decreased slightly; however, the addition of a REPowerEU chapter raised the total allocated amount to current €6 408.5 million, i.e. €79.4 million higher than the July 2021 plan. Slovakia’s NRRP comprises reforms and investment to help the Slovak economy recover while advancing the green and digital transitions and addressing structural weaknesses, with measures to be completed by August 2026. In the 2024 country report, the European Commission found that Slovakia’s NRRP is progressing but requires increased efforts for timely completion. So far, Slovakia has received €3 471.8 million (54.2 % of the total allocation), of which €903.3 million has been in pre-financing and €2 568.5 million in four grant payments based on milestones and targets. On 31 October 2024, the Commission disbursed the fourth payment of €798.7 million (net of pre-financing) to Slovakia, following a positive assessment that had led to corrective measures to address the reversal of a previously fulfilled milestone on multiannual expenditure ceilings in the government budget (see annex to this briefing). On 16 December 2024, Slovakia submitted its fifth payment request for €516.8 million (net of pre-financing). However, in its positive preliminary assessment of 1 April 2025, the Commission proposed a partial suspension due to an unmet target on property settlements in protected areas relating to a climate adaptation measure. This briefing is one in a series covering all EU Member States. Fourth edition. The previous edition was drafted by Magdalena Sapała and Branislav Staníček. The ‘NGEU delivery’ briefings are updated at key stages throughout the lifecycle of the plans.