Balgarianovinite.com Interviewed on Bulgarian National Television on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Galab Donev said that the 2026 state budget draft, which is due to be submitted to Parliament on July 1, is “a realistic budget.”
Donev said that the draft is not the budget people had hoped for, adding that the government intends to roll out policy changes in the 2027 budget instead. He noted that the budget has effectively been in implementation since January 1, 2026 and in the period up to May 7, Bulgaria was governed by the administrations of Rosen Zhelyazkov and Andrey Gurov. Besides being required to implement the budget extension law, the two governments also adopted additional decisions that increased the State’s budget commitments by more than EUR 1.1 billion, he said.
“What Parliament will now be debating is a realistic budget, with the figures exactly as they are. Whether politicians like those figures or not, we should ask ourselves who bears responsibility for the current state of public finances. Why is the deficit 5.7% of GDP even after the measures included in the budget? Why isn’t it 3% or below 3%? Or why don’t we have a balanced budget? These are all questions that need to be asked, and the answers should be sought from those who were in power until now,” Donev added.
Donev said the current government is seeking, through the measures it has proposed and the commitments it has made to voters, to “restore normality to public finances so that, from a certain point onward, the State can develop normally and businesses can operate in a predictable environment.” This will be guaranteed and achieved through the 2027 budget, he added. Finance Minister Describes 2026 State Budget Draft as “Realistic” 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-27 08:38:15 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