Today, the European Commission endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Croatia’s sixth payment request for €835.6 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU.The Commission has preliminarily concluded that Croatia has satisfactorily completed the 15 milestones and 11 targets set out in the Council Implementing Decision for the sixth grant instalment and the second loan instalment.The reforms and investments tied to this payment will drive positive change for Croatian citizens and businesses in the areas of health, fight against corruption, geothermal exploration and hydrogen development, water management, resilience against natural disasters, the energy connection of islands, and energy security. Other flagship measures include the digitalisation of the healthcare system through state-of-the-art surgery equipment and increased patient capacity, as well as new legislation on governance of state-owned enterprises.A press release is available online: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1926 (ICE ZAGABRIA)

Fonte notizia: European Commission Daily News 29 / 07 / 2025