At the end of the previous year, 38% of Recovery and Resilience Facility grants were still outstanding

Omissions

• No source found explicitly states the share of RRF GRANTS (as opposed to total grants plus loans) still unpaid at 31 December 2025; the 38% figure therefore remains an unsourced single datum.
• Available aggregate data cover a different indicator: around 58% of total RRF funds (grants and loans combined) had been disbursed by 2026, implying roughly 42% of the combined envelope was still unspent.
• The Commission's 2025 RRF reporting period (1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025) records EUR 97 billion disbursed, of which EUR 50 billion in grants — a flow figure, not the outstanding stock at end-2025.
• Sources describing disbursement levels were published after the session date (2026) and could not have been known directly by the MEP on 2026-10-21.
• A later Commission report (KOM(2026)0546) states that since the start of the RRF the Commission has disbursed EUR 450 billion (79% of the RRF envelope) in grants and loans, showing that the outstanding share fell further during 2026.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Recovery and Resilience Facility (Reforms and Investments)"... RRF at end-January 2026 stood at EUR 573 billion. This breaks down to EUR 360 billion in grants and EUR 213 billion in loans. The EUR 360 billion in grants ..."
• PrimaryEuropean Commission — RRF annual report / Commission report to the European Parliament and Council (CELEX 52025DC0637), via EUR-Lex"During the reporting period, i.e. 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025, the Commission disbursed EUR 97 billion, of which EUR 50 billion in grants ..."
• SecondaryCoface — 'Nearly half of European recovery funds still unspent'"€806.9 billion : total size of NextGenerationEU, including €650 billion for the Recovery and Resilience Facility; 58% : share of RRF funds ..." (disbursed); headline: "Nearly half of European recovery funds still unspent"
• SecondaryCommission report KOM(2026)0546, published via the Danish Parliament (eu.dk)"Since the beginning of the RRF, the Commission has disbursed EUR 450 billion (79% of the RRF envelope) in grants and loans to Member States."