The “Greece 2.0” has entered the final stage of its implementation. With the completion of the implementation of the physical scope of the projects, investments and reforms linked to the final payment requests of the Plan, the national effort is now focused on the submission of the final payment requests to the European Commission, in accordance with the procedure followed in all member states, a statement by the Ministry of Finance says, commenting on reports.
The 54% rate concerns the 204 milestones and targets that have already completed the evaluation and approval process by the European Commission, for which Greece has already received 24.6 billion euros.
This percentage does not include the additional 49 milestones and targets that have already been submitted as part of the 8th grant payment request and the 7th loan payment request and are currently under evaluation by the European Commission. Upon completion of the evaluation of these payment requests, the number of milestones and targets that will have been certified as fulfilled will rise to 253.
Also, on 31 August 2026, the implementation of the physical scope of the 123 milestones and targets included in the final payment requests, amounting to 6.7 billion euros, was completed, and these are expected to be submitted by 30 September.
At the same time, in the relevant references in public discourse, it is often not taken into account that Greece, in the context of the revision of the Plan, did not choose to reduce the overall scope of the reforms and investments, but kept the program’s resources unchanged.
Consequently, a depiction of the evaluation progress of milestones and targets at a specific point in time cannot be regarded as a definitive ranking of implementation at the European level, when we are before the completion of the process.
As regards the projects of the “Antonis Tritsis” program, their inclusion in the revised Plan constitutes neither a transfer of resources carried out without transparency, nor some extraordinary intervention. It is an element of the revision that was submitted, evaluated and approved by the competent European institutions and concerns real investments by local authorities, among others, in the sectors of water supply, electric mobility and local infrastructure.
It is noted that the revision of “Greece 2.0” was not limited to these interventions. It also included new projects and actions, such as 600 million euros for the restoration of damage from the Daniel and Elias disasters, 371 million euros for electrical interconnections, 350 million euros for Hellas Space II, 350 million euros for the AI Gigafactory, 1 billion euros for the “My Home II” program, as well as significant reinforcements of existing actions with a social impact.
In conclusion, the overall assessment of the Recovery and Resilience Facility will be carried out upon completion of the European process for evaluating the payment requests. The final outcome of a program is judged by the implementation of the Plan’s investments and reforms, the achievement of the agreed milestones and targets, as well as by the resources that will flow into the Greek economy, strengthening the country’s growth, resilience and productive transformation, resources which will function overall for the benefit of society.