
The request amounts to EUR 12.7 billion. The money is to finance, among others: laptops for teachers and trams for Krakow, Poznań and Wrocław.
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The EU recovery fund was created as a response to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The payment is related to the implementation of reforms and investments provided for in the Polish KPO. These included, among others: vouchers for the purchase of laptops for teachers and the purchase of 88 trams to be delivered to Krakow, Poznań and Wrocław.
On Wednesday, the Polish government submitted its last application for funds from the reconstruction fund to the European Commission. It amounts to EUR 12.7 billion, or approximately PLN 54 billion. If the EC accepts it, the money should be paid by the end of the year.
The EU recovery fund was created as a response to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Member countries had to implement the reforms included in their plans by the end of August, while the deadline for submitting the last applications for payment of funds was the end of September.
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