Speaking to reporters here on Friday, President Rumen Radev slammed the 2026 draft state budget as an instrument for political survival. He criticized the bill for lacking vision, reforms, and growth incentives, and even for stifling the economy and getting the state caught in a debt spiral.
The head of State continued, describing the proposed budget as “some tortured attempts to fit certain figures into a certain framework in order to demonstrate readiness for the eurozone”.
Radev said it was disrespectful for the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation to be given a 400-page budget in the evening and to be expected to give their opinion by noon the next day. He added: “I expect the dialogue to take place at an earlier stage, rather than being presented with a fait accompli on the grounds that there is no time.”
Asked about the sanction imposed by the Magnitsky Act, Radev described the leader of GERB Boyko Borissov and the MRF – New Beginning Chair Delyan Peevski as the Magnitsky Coalition and continued: “Mr Peevski has hired Mr Borissov as his lawyer, and [Borissov] is getting tangled up in his own stories—one for the diplomats, one for the media, and one for Peevski.” The President said that Borissov tried to lobby in favour of Peevski, which is why it did not come as a surprise when the British Embassy refuted his claims. Radev concluded: “You cannot fool the whole world, [as] sooner or later, this bubble will burst.” President Slams 2026 Draft State Budget for Lacking Vision and Growth Incentives THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-07 12:23:22 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