Today, the Commission positively assessed Slovenia's fourth payment request of €439.7 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility , the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU.
Following its assessment of the payment request, the Commission found that Slovenia has satisfactorily completed the 21 milestones and 6 targets set out in the Council Implementing Decision for the fifth and sixth grant and third loan instalments.
The reforms and investments tied to this payment request will drive positive change for citizens and businesses in Slovenia – focusing on long-term care, healthcare, public passenger transport, energy efficiency and renewable energy, decarbonisation, railway infrastructure, and digitalisation of education and science.
Flagship measures in this payment request include:
- Comprehensive long-term care reform: new legislation establishing long-term care as a new pillar of social rights has been adopted. The Long-term Care Act, in particular, addresses all aspects of long-term care, from defining entitlements and setting quality standards to securing financing through various sources, including a newly introduced mandatory long-term care insurance.
- More resilient labour market: Slovenia has established an innovative scheme offering a viable alternative to layoffs in the face of natural disasters or sudden economic downturns. It allows businesses to reduce working hours instead of terminating employment, with partial reimbursement of salary compensation.
Both reforms demonstrate a commitment to building a more robust and inclusive social safety net, in line with Slovenia's national recovery and resilience plan commitments.
Next steps
Slovenia submitted its fourth payment request on 24 June 2025. The Commission has concluded that Slovenia met the milestones and targets needed for this payment and shared its preliminary assessment with the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC). The EFC has four weeks to deliver its opinion. The payment to Slovenia can take place following the EFC's positive opinion. After this, the Commission can officially approve the payment to Slovenia.
Background
Slovenia's recovery and resilience plan includes a wide range of investment and reform measures.
The plan will be financed by €2.23 billion, with €1.61 billion in grants and €613.2 million in loans.
Today's positive assessment would bring the funds paid to Slovenia under the RRF to €1.54 billion. This includes €231 million in pre-financing received in September 2021 and €24 million in pre-financing under REPowerEU received in December 2023. This amount corresponds to 69% of all the funds in the Slovenian plan, with 45.5% of all the milestones and targets in the plan fulfilled.
