Seven Member States - Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Romania, Poland, Portugal, and Slovenia - have applied for EU loans, in addition to grants, to finance their national recovery plans under the Next Generation EU Recovery Plan.
Of these EU Member States, three have already sought the full loan package available for their recovery plan: Italy has requested €122.6 billion, Romania €14.9 billion, and Greece €12.7 billion.
They cannot apply for new loans to address the economic impact on the EU...