The Coalition Approved Changes to the Provisional Budget, some Restrictions Will Be Eased. They Passed with 76 Votes
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Spending money should be more free.
Coalition MPs approved an amendment to the budget rules on Tuesday (October 6) that relaxes the terms of the budget provisional. 76 MPs voted for the final version of the proposal, including the amendment by Daniel Karas (Smer-SD). Is this a back door for the governing coalition, which may be thinking that it will not be able to find the necessary 76 to approve the budget?
The coalition is changing the functioning of the provisional budget, i.e. the regime that will occur if Slovakia does not have an approved budget for next year. It has abolished the fundamental rule that limited the amount of monthly expenses, which can now be higher. The coalition is apparently preparing for the possibility that the draft budget for 2027 may not have sufficient support in parliament. Prime Minister Robert Fico also said on Mond…
The state budget for 2027 has already been approved by the government, now it is waiting for parliament.
The rules of the budget provisional, i.e. the situation when the state budget for a given calendar year is not approved, are to be relaxed. The basic restriction that the state cannot spend more than in the previous year will remain in place. However, the limit on spending in individual months is to be abolished. The ministry also...
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