site.btaParliament Adopts 2026 State Budget Bill at First Reading

Parliament Friday voted, 131-87 with no abstentions, to approve the draft 2026 state budget, Bulgaria’s first in euro, at first reading. 

The votes in favour came from GERB-UDF, Movement for Right and Freedoms - New Beginning, BSP-United Left, There Is Such a People, and four independent MPs. The bill was opposed by Continue the Change - Democratic Bulgaria, Vazrazhdane, the Alliance for Rights and Freedoms, and Morality, Unity, Honour (MECh). Velichie did not participate in the vote.

The MPs agreed to reduce the deadline for submitting proposals for the second reading to three days.