Poland to receive PLN 50 billion in EU transfer funds in coming year – Government

Poland’s Ministry of Development estimates that funding for Poland from the EU budget as part of its implementation of the cohesion policy in 2017 will total over PLN 50 billion, the Ministry of Development stated on Thursday. Of this total, Poland will have contributed PLN 18 billion to the EU budget. Data from the Ministry of Finance showed that from January to September 2016 transfers from the EU to Poland amounted to PLN 13 billion under the Cohesion Policy and PLN 16.2 billion in the framework of the Common Agricultural Policy. Under the EU financial framework, funding is provided to Poland for employment and social capital development, green energy, digitization, transportation infrastructure, scientific research and development, and innovation projects. Poland is earmarked to receive a total of € 82.5 billion (PLN 365 billion) between the years 2016 and 2020.