Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told the press today that Croatia would have €24 billion from EU funds available in the next ten years. “There are ample funds for economic and social development after the COVID-19 crisis. The chance before us is greater than ever and we all have to do our best to make the most of it,” he said.
Plenković, together with ministers Grlić Radman and Tramišak, visited the exhibition of photographs “EU funds changing Croatia” in downtown Zagreb.
In a statement to the press, Plenković recalled the five most valuable projects currently financed by the EU – the Pelješac Bridge, the LNG terminal on the island of Krk, broadband Internet, Dubrovnik Airport, and the Open Scientific Infrastructural Platforms at Zagreb's Ruđer Bošković Institute.
Croatia has signed contracts for 106% of EU funding from the EU’s current multiannual financial framework, 46% of the funding has been paid out and 36% has been verified and those percentages will increase additionally, said Plenković.
He recalled that four years ago contracts had been signed for only 9% of the funding while during the term of his government the rate was increased to 106%. Croatia is in the black by HRK 28 billion in relation to what it has paid into the EU budget, he said.
In the next ten years, Croatia will have €24 billion from EU funds available, not counting funds for projects to be implemented in the next three years, which are financed from the previous financial framework, he said.
“There are ample funds for economic and social development after the COVID-19 crisis. The chance before us is greater than ever and we all have to do our best to make the most of it,” he said.
(Text: Hina)