Commission pays €9.8bn in recovery funds to five countries

Poland receives the largest share at €7.9bn (bringing it to 77% of its €54.72bn allocation), Sweden gets €1.47bn.

The payments follow Council approval and reward completed reform and investment targets in the national recovery plans; Poland's tranche rests on its fifth payment request of 19 June 2026, which the Commission had assessed positively on 10 August 2026, and funds among other things 88 new trams for Wrocław, Poznań and Kraków and digital technology in schools (European Commission, 1 Oct 2026).