On 29 October 2026 the European Commission preliminarily assessed positively the seventh request by Czechia for a payment from the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the main pillar of the NextGenerationEU programme. The payment for the National Recovery Plan amounts to 951 million euros, roughly 23 billion koruna, and is the seventh and final one. According to its statement, the Commission concluded that Czechia had satisfactorily fulfilled the 13 milestones and 25 targets set for this payment.[1]
The funds are intended to support the development of affordable housing through renovations and construction in more than 130 projects with a total value of 350 million euros, health care and medical education, including the Český onkologický institut and two new university campuses, energy-saving renovations of public buildings and the modernisation of public lighting. The construction and reconstruction of more than 700 pre-school care and social service facilities is meant to improve the availability of child care and social services.[1] Among the supported measures, the Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the EU also named the development of community energy, the electrification of public transport in Prague, the building of quantum communication infrastructure, support for the digital skills of teachers and the construction of the Český onkologický institut at Motol University Hospital.[1]
The payment still has to be definitively confirmed by the Economic and Financial Committee of the EU Council. The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the disbursement is expected in December 2026.[1] Czechia submitted its final payment request on 31 August 2026 and reported in it the fulfilment of a further 38 milestones and targets.[2] According to the ministry, once the payment is approved, all milestones and targets of the plan will be fulfilled and recognised; the plan's total allocation is roughly 214 billion koruna, and the checks and audits verifying the use of the money may continue.[1][2]
Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček (ANO) said: “The National Recovery Plan was among the priorities of the Czech Republic.”[2] The Recovery and Resilience Facility was set up by the European Union in response to the covid-19 pandemic. It is time-limited and is financed, among other things, by loans that the European Commission takes out on financial markets on behalf of the EU.[1]
Chronology
- — The European Commission preliminarily approved the seventh and final payment of CZK 23 billion (EUR 951 million) for Czechia from the National Recovery Plan, intended among other things for electrifying Prague public transport, quantum communication infrastructure, affordable rental housing and the construction of the Czech Oncology Institute at Motol University Hospital. ČTK / České noviny Novinky.cz
Sources
- ČTK / České noviny — 29 October 2026
- Novinky.cz — 29 October 2026