P. Kmec: The Euro Commission will approve the revision of the recovery plan, the money will support public services

Bratislava – The European Commission (EC) is expected to approve the revision of the recovery plan on Tuesday, through which Slovakia is trying to reallocate funds that it cannot use in other components. The funds will primarily go towards improving public services – in healthcare, social services, and education. This was stated at a meeting with journalists by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for the recovery plan and knowledge economy, Peter Kmec (Hlas-SD).

“I can announce that today the European Commission is expected to approve the revision of the recovery plan, where Slovakia has tried to reallocate some financial resources that it cannot use in other components. This money will additionally go towards improving public services, primarily in the area of healthcare, in the form of further hospital construction, but also to a higher number of social service homes or the construction of kindergartens or primary schools,” Kmec specified.

According to him, Slovakia is also waiting for a positive decision from the EC regarding the fifth payment request of 600 million euros. “That has already been approved at the Commission level, and now we are just waiting for formal approval in the coming weeks. We are preparing a sixth payment request of nearly one billion euros,” he added.

“This will be a very important payment, where we again have some fundamental reforms, primarily the reform of social services financing. These financial resources are expected to arrive in our account in the second half of the year,” he warned.

“Then we have three more payment requests remaining. One still this autumn and the other two during the next year, because the recovery plan ends in the middle of 2026. We are on a very good path to meet all milestones and goals so that the financial package of 6.4 billion euros is transferred to Slovakia within the required timeframes,” Kmec added. (May 13)

“Today the European Commission is expected to approve the revision of the recovery plan, where Slovakia has tried to reallocate some financial resources that it cannot use in other components. This money will go towards improving public services, primarily in the area of healthcare, in the form of further hospital construction, but also to a higher number of social service homes or the construction of kindergartens or primary schools.” Peter Kmec.