Next Generation EU: Pandemic Recovery Plan to build a greener, more innovative, stronger Europe

NextGenerationEU: Pandemic recovery plan for a stronger Europe that is greener and robust than ever before.

Assisting businesses in their shift towards the future.

The pandemic recovery plan, known as NextGenerationEU, goes beyond just a simple plan for recovery.

With over €800 billion on the table, its primary goal is to transform the EU into a more resilient, innovative, digital and sustainable economy.

At Deloitte, we are committed to supporting this vision by employing our globally connected expertise and knowledge across various disciplines. We can assist in establishing the necessary groundwork for progress by aiding companies and government agencies in accessing European Union funds, as well as guiding them through the process of sustainable and digital transformation. Together, we can help shape a future Europe that is more resilient, sustainable, technologically advanced, and inclusive

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NextGenerationEU: an overview

NGEU has one of the most extensive Next Generation EU fund stimulus packages ever financed for a greener, more digital, more resilient Europe supporting the Recovery plan for Europe.

The Multiannual Financial Framework (2021-2027) and the NGEU total €1.9 trillion (in current prices), the most significant stimulus package ever financed by the EU. Within this, the Next Generation EU fund is a package of European Union funds, with an investment pot totalling €723.8 billion (in current prices).

This unprecedented European recovery fund will support the post-pandemic economic and social revamp and trigger a greener transition that's more digital and better prepared for challenges now and in the future.

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"Business leaders see the EU’s role as crucial to accomplishing the transition to a more resilient, innovative, digital, and sustainable economy."

The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), established through EU regulation 2021/241, is the centrepiece of the NGEU. The €672.5 billion (in 2018 prices) in loans and grants will support the recovery plan for Europe through post-pandemic reforms and investments across the EU while enabling a digital and environmental transition in a cohesive society throughout Europe. To access the RRF funds, Member States must submit their Recovery and Resilience Plan to the European Commission, which will check the alignment with EU priorities and the country’s specific recommendations. The Member States must allocate a minimum of 37% to climate investments and reforms and a minimum of 20% to digital transition.

Click on a country to understand the fund distribution.

Figures may vary due to rounding
Last updated: December 2023
Source: European Commission

Endorsed
Under revision
Not submitted
NRRP approval status Total funding
(€ bn)
Green investment allocation Digital investment allocation Pre-financing
(€ bn)
First payment
(€ bn)
Second payment
(€ bn)
Third payment
(€ bn)
Austria
Endorsed 3.5 59% 53% 0.5 0.7 -- --
Belgium
Endorsed 5.9 50% 27% 0.8 -- -- --
Bulgaria
Endorsed 6.3 59% 26% -- 1.4 -- --
Croatia
Endorsed 6.3 40% 20% 0.8 0.7 0.7 --
Czechia
Endorsed 7.0 42% 22% 0.9 0.9 -- --
Cyprus
Endorsed 1.2 41% 23% 0.2 0.1 -- --
Denmark
Endorsed 1.6 59% 25% 0.2 0.3 -- --
Estonia
Endorsed 1.0 59% 24% 0.1 -- -- --
Finland
Endorsed 2.1 50% 27% 0.3 -- -- --
France
Endorsed 39.4 46% 21% 5.1 7.4 -- --
Germany
Endorsed 25.6 42% 52% 2.3 -- -- --
Greece
Endorsed 30.5 38% 23% 4.0 3.6 3.6 --
Hungary
Endorsed 5.8 48% 30% -- -- -- --
Ireland
Endorsed 1.0 42% 32% -- -- -- --
Italy
Endorsed 191.5 37% 25% 24.9 21.0 21.0 18.5
Latvia
Endorsed 1.8 38% 21% 0.2 0.2 -- --
Lithuania
Endorsed 2.2 38% 32% 0.3 0.5 -- --
Luxembourg
Endorsed 0.1 61% 32% 0.01 0.02 -- --
Malta
Endorsed 0.3 54% 26% 0.04 0.1 -- --
Netherlands
Endorsed 4.7 48% 26% -- -- -- --
Poland
Endorsed 35.4 43% 21% -- -- -- --
Portugal
Endorsed 16.6 38% 22% 2.2 1.2 1.8 --
Romania
Endorsed 29.1 41% 20% 3.7 2.6 2.8 --
Slovenia
Endorsed 2.5 42% 21% 0.2 0.1 -- --
Slovakia
Endorsed 6.4 46% 21% 0.8 0.4 0.7 --
Spain
Endorsed 69.5 40% 28% 9.0 10.0 12.0 6.0
Sweden
Endorsed 3.3 44% 21% -- -- -- --

Belgium

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 5.9
Grants 5.9
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 50%
Digital 27%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.8

Bulgaria

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 6.3
Grants 6.3
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 59%
Digital 26%
   
First payment (€ bn) 1.4

Czechia

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 7.0
Grants 7.0
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 42%
Digital 22%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.9
First payment (€ bn) 0.9

Denmark

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 1.6
Grants 1.6
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 59%
Digital 25%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.2
First payment (€ bn) 0.3

Germany

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 25.6
Grants 25.6
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 42%
Digital 52%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 2.3

Estonia

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 1.0
Grants 1.0
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 59%
Digital 24%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.1

Ireland

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 0.9
Grants 0.9
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 42%
Digital 32%

Greece

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 30.5
Grants 17.8
Loans 12.7
Investment allocation
Green 38%
Digital 23%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 4.0
First payment (€ bn) 3.6
Second payment (€ bn) 3.6

Spain

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

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Total funding (€ bn) 69.5
Grants 69.5
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 40%
Digital 28%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 9.0
First payment (€ bn) 10.0
Second payment (€ bn) 12.0
Third payment (€ bn) 6.0

France

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 39.4
Grants 39.4
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 46%
Digital 21%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 5.1
First payment (€ bn) 7.4

Croatia

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 6.3
Grants 6.3
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 40%
Digital 20%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.8
First payment (€ bn) 0.7
Second payment (€ bn) 0.7

Italy

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 191.5
Grants 68.9
Loans 122.6
Investment allocation
Green 37%
Digital 25%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 24.9
First payment (€ bn) 21.0
Second payment (€ bn) 21.0
Third payment (€ bn) 18.5

Cyprus

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 1.2
Grants 1.0
Loans 0.2
Investment allocation
Green 41%
Digital 23%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.2
First payment (€ bn) 0.1

Latvia

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 1.8
Grants 1.8
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 38%
Digital 21%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.2
First payment (€ bn) 0.2

Lithuania

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 2.2
Grants 2.2
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 38%
Digital 32%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.3
First payment (€ bn) 0.5

Luxembourg

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 0.1
Grants 0.1
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 61%
Digital 32%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.01
First payment (€ bn) 0.02

Hungary

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Under revision

Total funding (€ bn) 5.8
Grants 5.8
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 48%
Digital 30%

Malta

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 0.3
Grants 0.3
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 54%
Digital 26%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.04
First payment (€ bn) 0.1

Netherlands

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 4.7
Grants 4.7
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 48%
Digital 26%

Austria

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 3.5
Grants 3.5
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 59%
Digital 53%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.5
First payment (€ bn) 0.7

Poland

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 35.4
Grants 23.9
Loans 11.5
Investment allocation
Green 43%
Digital 21%

Portugal

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

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Total funding (€ bn) 16.6
Grants 13.9
Loans 2.7
Investment allocation
Green 38%
Digital 22%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 2.2
First payment (€ bn) 1.2
Second payment (€ bn) 1.8

Romania

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 29.1
Grants 14.2
Loans 14.9
Investment allocation
Green 41%
Digital 20%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 3.7
First payment (€ bn) 2.6
Second payment (€ bn) 2.8

Slovenia

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 2.5
Grants 1.8
Loans 0.7
Investment allocation
Green 42%
Digital 21%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.2
First payment (€ bn) 0.1

Slovakia

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 6.4
Grants 6.4
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 46%
Digital 21%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.8
First payment (€ bn) 0.4
Second payment (€ bn) 0.7

Finland

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 2.1
Grants 2.1
Loans -
Investment allocation
Green 50%
Digital 27%
   
Pre-financing (€ bn) 0.3

Sweden

National Recovery and Resilience Plan approval status:

Endorsed

Total funding (€ bn) 3.3
Grants 3.3
Loans -
Investments allocation
Green 44%
Digital 21%

Three Pillars for Europe’s future

The Next Generation EU stimulus package will help enable collaboration and joint commitment within the member states by providing the necessary EU business funding. This will revitalize their economies and lay the foundations for a more digital-friendly, greener, and inclusive Europe that will help them face future challenges with a greater sense of unity.



A significant portion of the Next Generation EU funding will be allocated to sustain a digitally focused growth strategy. It can increase its equitability by introducing innovations that enhance citizens' welfare and support economic resilience.

EU priorities mainly centre on:

  • Building a real data-driven economy as a catalyst for innovation and job creation
  • Supporting improved connectivity and deploying cutting edge and resilient digital infrastructures (e.g. 5G)
  • Enhancing the digitalization and innovation of Public Administration (including judicial and healthcare system)
  • Favouring the digital transition of enterprises
  • Improving capabilities in crucial sectors leveraging digital capabilities (e.g. AI, cloud and cybersecurity)
  • Adapting the education systems to support digital skills and facilitating reskill and upskill.

"67% of EU executives interviewed see innovation as the most crucial business priority."


The EU has developed a new strategy to address climate and environmental challenges that will help a transition to a modern, competitive, and resource-efficient economic model.

It involves separating economic growth from resource use and net greenhouse gas emissions no longer generated.

NGEU will play a key role in making Europe the first climate-neutral continent within 2050 by:

  • Investing in future-proof clean technologies
  • Improving energy efficiency of public and private buildings
  • Promoting sustainable, accessible, and smart public and private transportation
  • Enabling a more circular economy
  • Supporting the transition towards renewable energy sources
"European business leaders recognize the crucial role of NGEU in the environmental transition: half of them believe that if further funds are available, sustainability should be considered as the most crucial area to be financed."


The Europe of tomorrow will reduce any social inequality and disparity to create a more unified model. NGEU will support medium-term investments and reforms promoting social resilience in EU member states, as well as aiming to reduce social disparity by implementing the following:

  • Ensuring a homogeneous level of services to all EU citizens
  • Improving labour policies
  • Modernizing labour market systems
  • Supporting social inclusion and reducing social gaps
  • Investing in modern social and educational infrastructures
"30% of the business leaders interviewed think that education and training should be the primary areas of focus if further NGEU funding were made available."


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