At the end of 2024, only half of the Recovery and Resilience Facility funds had been used.

Omissions

• The MEP did not mention that disbursements were accelerating, with the Commission expecting over €300 billion to be disbursed by end-2024.
• The total RRF envelope includes both grants (approximately €338 billion) and loans (approximately €386 billion), totaling around €723.8 billion.
• The European Commission Annual Report 2024 was published in December 2024, so data would have been available to the MEP.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission - Recovery and Resilience Facility Annual Report 2024As of the report date, the Commission had disbursed over €267 billion, representing more than 40% of the total RRF grants and loans envelope. Over €300 billion in RRF funds were expected to be disbursed by the end of 2024.
• PrimaryEuropean Commission - Recovery and Resilience ScoreboardThe Scoreboard provides official disbursement data showing that as of end-2024, less than half of RRF funds had been disbursed to Member States.