Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance published statements following a meeting between Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis and European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, confirming that Greece has received a seventh Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) disbursement of EUR 1.18bn and discussing the remaining steps for delivering Greece’s RRF plan, alongside the EU response to rising energy costs. Pierrakakis pointed to better-than-expected final fiscal results for 2025 and linked the resulting fiscal space, within EU rules, to support measures including EUR 300m of interventions and an additional targeted package of EUR 500m announced on 22 April 2026 for families, renters, pensioners, farmers and vulnerable debtors. The agenda also covered EU-level priorities including a more coordinated approach to the energy crisis, decarbonisation and reducing energy dependence, deepening the single market, and advancing a more integrated European capital market through the Savings and Investments Union, as well as simplifying procedures while maintaining financial stability and reviewing financial-sector regulation. Dombrovskis characterised Greece’s RRF plan as almost EUR 36bn and the largest in the EU as a share of GDP, and highlighted the need to accelerate implementation of outstanding measures as the programme approaches completion, while also flagging risks from Middle East conflict-driven energy price increases and welcoming Greece’s fiscal performance and revenue gains linked to measures against tax evasion and undeclared work. Deputy Minister Nikos Papathanasis highlighted a 31 August deadline for completing RRF milestones and projects and stressed avoiding any loss of EU funding, while Dombrovskis emphasised adherence to the agreed expenditure path alongside timely delivery of the remaining plan measures.

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