2027 Budget: 3.5% deficit, €8.6 billion in new debt and 5% pay rise
Prime Minister Rumen Radev has announced the parameters of the draft 2027 state budget at the University of National and World Economy in Sofia. The budget has been drawn up on the basis of a deficit amounting to 3.5% of gross domestic product (GDP). The state is expected to incur €8.6 billion in new debt next year. The Prime Minister identified the government’s goal as putting public finances back on a sound footing, so that by the end of 2029 the deficit is brought down to the required 3% of GDP and the level of public debt is reduced, our reporter Tsvetelina Stoyanova reports. He added…
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