Balgarianovinite.com Parliament’s Budget and Finance Committee Tuesday will debate Bulgaria’s 2026 State Budget Bill at second reading, together with nearly 70 amendments tabled by political parties between the first and second readings.
Progressive Bulgaria’s proposals include reducing the size and pay of management boards at state-owned enterprises, limiting performance bonuses for senior political staff, and increasing funding for the State Agency Technical Operations to maintain surveillance equipment and renovate its headquarters.
The Movement for Rights and Freedoms party seeks to reverse planned cuts to state subsidies for religious denominations, preserve automatic pay-setting mechanisms for military, police and national security personnel, and make the one-time childbirth allowance universal and linked to the previous year’s average gross monthly wage.
Vazrazhdane has proposed capping the salaries of the Financial Supervision Commission’s leadership relative to the parliamentary chair’s salary and abolishing their performance bonuses.
GERB-UDF has tabled amendments to fund a new motorway interchange near Ignatievo, increase child benefits and related tax relief by 60%, allocate EUR 10 million annually between 2026 and 2028 for the National Children’s Hospital, and introduce a support programme to raise the pay of medical residents.
Continue the Change proposes long-term investment programmes for schools, kindergartens, student dormitories and sports facilities, a cap on average civil service salaries tied to ministers’ pay, higher benefits for parents of twins, and a broad ban on gambling advertising.
Democratic Bulgaria has proposed reducing public spending, increasing gambling taxes, and lowering the planned budget deficit, public debt and new borrowing, among others.
The draft 2026 budget projects a consolidated fiscal deficit of 5.7% of GDP, with revenue, grants and donations projected at EUR 49.6 billion and total expenditure at EUR 56.8 billion. The bill is based on expected economic growth of 2.6% and average annual inflation of 4.3%, measured by the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices.
The draft caps new government debt in 2026 at EUR 10.1 billion. This includes a loan of up to EUR 3.261 billion under the EU’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument to strengthen the defence industry. Government debt is projected to reach EUR 37.7 billion, or 30.1% of GDP. Budget and Finance Committee to Hold Second-Reading Debate on 2026 State Budget Bill 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-21 05:46:32 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