GERB leader Boyko Borissov said the red line for the 2026 state budget will be a 3% deficit. He told reporters in Parliament on Friday that while there is a risk this limit could be exceeded, efforts will be made to offset any shortfall through increased revenues.”I learned yesterday that the revenue agencies have collected nearly BGN 7 billion more this year than last,” Borissov said. He commented that this demonstrates that the fight against corruption and smuggling is yielding results: “If we continue at this pace, these additional revenues will cover any gaps that might appear in the budget next year.”
Borissov recalled that adjustments to the draft budget parameters were made at Thursday’s Joint Governance Council. “You can see that in all aspects – wages, pensions – we are moving in the same direction that was set when we were in the [informal] coalition, so no party can say, ‘Assen Vassilev raised pensions much, and now they are cutting them’,” he said. “We are giving an extra billion leva to pensioners, so we too can look as good and impressive as Assen Vassilev did.”
Borissov was referring to the Nikolay Denkov government (June 2023 – March 2024), of which Vassilev was finance minister. That cabinet was based on an agreement between Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria (CC-DB) and GERB-UDF.
Borissov said that the national debt covers what Bulgarian pensioners and working people spend. “All those loans and debts have been accumulating,” he commented, recalling his earlier warnings about the country’s debt during Assen Vassilev’s tenure.
Asked about future debt, he replied: “Of course, we will keep at it. Otherwise, people will say that CC-DB were handing out money to pensioners, the Armed Forces and the public, and then GERB came and offered a meatless pizza, so don’t vote GERB. Those tricks will not work.” GERB Leader Sets Red Line at 3% Deficit for 2026 Budget THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-10-31 09:52:25 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