Balgarianovinite.com Commenting on Bulgaria’s 2026 state budget on Monday, Vice President Iliana Iotova told journalists that this is a budget intended to secure someone’s elections without reforms, without a vision for the development of the economy. The draft 2026 state budget, Bulgaria’s first in euro, was approved on first reading on November 21.
“As for the social elements in it – they cannot stand on their own,” Iotova added. “When you have no production, no economy, you cannot just keep emptying the treasury.” According to the Vice President, the protests, both those by the trade unions and those against the decisions of the Sofia Municipality, have a common point, which is public dissatisfaction. “Because no matter how much they try to say this is the best budget, clearly nobody is satisfied and cannot be satisfied,” she added.
She described as disturbing the short timeframe between the two readings of the budget, as well as the promise of an additional EUR 10 billion in debt in 2026.
Iotova declined to answer questions on whether the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) has held discussions with her regarding her possible candidacy for president in the autumn 2026 elections. Vice President Iotova Criticizes 2026 Budget Bill for Lack of Economic Vision 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-24 09:38:00 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