Balgarianovinite.com The draft state budget for 2026 will be reviewed today at second reading by the Budget and Finance Committee of the National Assembly. The country’s first budget denominated in euros sets a deficit of 3% of GDP, or a negative balance of EUR 3.6 billion. It also foresees a maximum amount of new government debt for next year of up to EUR 10.5 billion, including up to EUR 3.2 billion under the SAFE instrument aimed at strengthening the European defence industry.
Key policy measures in the draft include raising the dividend tax from 5 to 10%; increasing the tax rate on gambling activities from 20 to 25%; introducing mandatory electronic reporting of sales revenue using sales management software approved by the National Revenue Agency; expanding the scope of goods subject to fiscal control; a 2-percentage-point increase in the pension-fund contribution; raising the maximum insurable income to EUR 2,352 as of January 1, 2026.
Total expenditures under the consolidated fiscal programme are set at 45.8% of GDP in 2026. Major spending policies contributing to this increase include raising the minimum wage from EUR 550.67 to EUR 620.20 as of January 1, 2026. Updating work-related pensions granted up to December 31 of the previous year, which will be adjusted from July 1 under the “Swiss rule” by 7.6%, amounting to EUR 491 million.
Capital expenditures in 2026 will total EUR 7.76 billion, including EUR 3.605 billion in national funding and EUR 4.155 billion in European funding, including the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.
The macroeconomic forecast for the period, prepared by the Finance Ministry, projects economic growth of up to 2.7% in 2026, with GDP expected to reach EUR 120.1 billion.
A total of 96 proposals were submitted for amendments between the first and second readings of the 2026 State Budget Bill.
On Wednesday the Parliamentary Budget and Finance Committee adopted at second reading the draft budgets of Public Social Insurance and the National Health Insurance Fund for 2026.
Employees of several state agencies held protests across Bulgaria Wednesday demanding that a 20% salary increase and improved working conditions be provided for in the 2026 State Budget Bill.
In the evening, people filled streets in central Sofia at the square known as the “Power Triangle”, where the new National Assembly building is flanked by the President’s administration building and the Council of Ministers on Wednesday evening, to protest the adoption of the 2026 budget bills. The protest lasted more than six hours and ended after midnight. The gathered citizens formed a human chain around the National Assembly building and booed the MPs as they left the building. The demonstrators chanted “Mafia”. “The budget has a hole in it, we do not want bankruptcy”, “No consensus? No second reading”, “You are using our money to make trouble”, “I want a future in Bulgaria”, “We are fed up! We want to live normally” some of the posters carried by protesters said. National Assembly Budget and Finance Committee to Review Draft State Budget for 2026 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-27 06:56:22 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
