Over PLN 335 bln spent on EU programmes in Poland

In the years 2003 to 2007,  PLN 355,9 billion - of which PLN 252,2 billion was EU financing  - was spent on implementing EU programmes in Poland,  the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development informed. Also during this time 106,300 new EU support agreements were signed worth PLN 409 billion in total. During the period 2014 to 2020 Poland received as much as EUR 82,5 billion in order to achieve EU programmes. It exceeds the amount given in 2007-2013 by EUR 14 billion. The EU wants the money to be spent on those areas which contribute the most to Polish GDP growth. Among others the funds will be allocated to research, road building, railways, public transport, entrepreneurship development, bitstream infrastructure as well as combating unemployment.