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The EU has so far allocated the Czech Republic 75 percent of the subsidies earmarked for the period 2021 to 2027

by AI | 16.Jan 2026 | Europe in brief AI

Of the total amount of 512.4 billion crowns, 384 billion crowns was allocated to specific projects, but only 172 billion crowns has so far actually been paid out to the Czech Republic. Requests for 131 billion crowns have been sent to the European Commission for payment.

Prague, Prague Castle. Photo: EP/DAINA LE LARDIC

Prague – The European Union has so far allocated the Czech Republic 75 percent of the subsidies earmarked for the period 2021 to 2027. Of the total amount of 512.4 billion crowns, 384 billion crowns were designated for specific projects, but only 172 billion crowns have actually been paid out to the Czech Republic so far. Requests for 131 billion crowns have been sent to the European Commission for reimbursement. The Ministry of Regional Development (MMR) announced this in a press release published on its website.

According to the ministry, it has managed to meet the spending limit set by the so-called n+3 rule, which determines the deadline for using the allocated funds. The rule defines that the support earmarked for projects for a given year must be used no later than in the following three calendar years. Given that the limit has been met, the MMR therefore believes there is no risk that the Czech Republic will have to return any money to the European Union budget.

“We are successfully providing money for regional development for the implementation of projects across the Czech Republic. The figures show that the system works. We are meeting the European spending limits without reservation, so we are not returning any funds to Brussels,” said Minister for Regional Development Zuzana Mrázová (ANO).

European funds have supported, for example, the Salvage project at the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute in Brno, which, with the help of new technologies and approaches, focuses on improving the prevention of cancer diseases. A total of 488 million crowns from EU funds was earmarked for linking research with clinical practice. The municipalities of Rapotín, Petrov nad Desnou and Vikýřovice in the Šumperk region then used European money, in cooperation with the Morava River Basin Authority, to build flood control measures on the Desná River. The EU contributed 322 million crowns to the creation of an oxbow lake, pools and floodplain parks.

From a report on the risks and measures in the implementation of EU funds, which the MMR published last spring, it emerged that the Czech Republic must speed up the drawing of European subsidies from some operational programmes in 2025. Otherwise, there was a risk that it would not use the allocated money in time and would lose part of it. The risk mainly concerned the Just Transition operational programme, which serves to improve conditions in regions that were or are largely dependent on coal mining. In the event of insufficiently fast drawing from this programme, the Czech Republic could potentially lose between one and four billion crowns. (16 January)