Balgarianovinite.com Podkrepa Confederation of Labour President Dimitar Manolov said he was inclined to vote against the draft budget of the National Social Security Institute (NSSI) before a meeting of the Institute’s Supervisory Board on Thursday.
“I am coming with the intention of voting against the draft budget. If I am presented with convincing arguments that change my mind, I may act differently,” Manolov said.
He noted that he had received the draft budget at 4:20 am, adding that it was impossible to gain a comprehensive understanding of the document in such a short time.
According to Manolov, the proposal once again fails to comply with the Social Security Code. He argued that the statutory link between the maximum insurable income and the maximum pension had not been observed, and criticized the proposal for increasing personnel maintenance spending by only 2.8%.
Manolov welcomed the proposed increase in minimum social security thresholds across economic sectors but criticized the Finance Ministry’s approach of applying a uniform 5% increase, arguing that different sectors require different treatment.
He also said raising the thresholds could help reduce the grey economy but stressed that the real solution is to ensure social security contributions are paid on actual wages rather than artificially low declared incomes.
The main parameters of the 2026 draft state budget were presented on Wednesday by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Galab Donev. According to Donev, the budget is expected to post a deficit of 5.7% of gross domestic product. Podkrepa Trade Union President Says He Is Inclined to Vote against Draft Social Security Budget 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-25 12:23:13 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law