We will reallocate some of the funds from the NRP to investments that are more likely to be completed on time. These include, amongst others, the purchase of new carriages, the expansion of power grids and the digital transformation of enterprises. Today, the Council of Ministers has approved the amendments to the National Recovery Plan.

Poland needs a new economic model based on domestic technologies and innovation in order to maintain the pace of growth achieved in recent decades. This was the main conclusion of the speech delivered by Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy, during the workshop session of the meeting launching the Inno Regio Lab initiative.

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, the Minister of Development Funds and Regional Policy, announced an increase in the pool of funds for the Security and Defence Fund (SDF). The SDF Steering Committee met today to consider the main assumptions of the fund's investment policy. On this basis, calls for proposals for projects funded from the SDF will be announced.

We will invest the funds from the 6th and 7th payment request under the NRP, which has been received by Poland today, primarily in the modernisation of energy infrastructure, the purchase of ecological buses, digital transformation, as well as healthcare and defence.

The first foundations for Baltica 2 have already been installed. This marked the launch of the most advanced stage of installation works on the largest offshore wind farm on the Baltic Sea, currently under construction in Poland. Offshore wind is a stable source of zero-emission energy - ultimately, 2.5 million homes in Poland will be able to benefit from the clean energy generated by the Baltica 2 wind turbines.

To date, we have signed over a million contracts under the NRP. We have already disbursed 68 billion zlotys for completed projects, of which over 53 billion zlotys was paid in the form of grants and over 15 billion zlotys in the form of loans. In 2026, we will disburse a further 140 billion zlotys, of which 50 billion zlotys will be allocated for investment projects to be completed this year, and 90 billion zlotys for projects that will run for a decade.

The European Commission approved the 6th and 7th payment request under the National Recovery Plan. In early June, a total of approximately 30.6 billion zlotys will be transferred to Poland. We will invest this money, among others, in railway infrastructure, green transport, new places in nurseries, as well as the modernisation of cardiology and oncology hospitals and access to high-speed internet.

We advocate maintaining a strong cohesion policy in the future financial perspective. We recommend that the regions should have a real influence on the planning and implementation of development activities. A genuine partnership between the Member States and the European Commission is essential to achieving the common priorities of the European Union. These are the key points of the Polish position, which the Deputy Minister, Jan Szyszko presented during a meeting of the Friends of Cohesion Group at the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy.

The Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego have signed an agreement under which Chrobry S.A., a company managed by BGK, will be established. It will receive over 22.5 billion zlotys from the Security and Defence Fund (FBiO), originating from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (MDFRP). The "Chrobry” company will finance defence investment projects carried out by local authorities and Polish companies.

Poland and Romania are in favour of maintaining a strong cohesion policy in the European Union's future financial framework; it plays a key role in ensuring territorial cohesion and the sustainable development of the EU. Such a stance has been presented today in Bucharest by Minister Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz and Romania's Minister for Investment and European Projects, Dragoș Pîslaru.