“Revenues are 31.5 billion leva, which is 3.2 billion leva more than the same period last year. The balance is negative“, Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova told bTV.
According to her, the higher collection rate in the budget is due to the work of the revenue agency.
In the second half of 2025, the effects of their work for higher collection in the budget will be evident.
"Payments under the recovery plan are 2.6 billion leva. This is extremely important for the strategic projects in the country, which will lead to growth. Bulgaria is in the red in terms of European and national funds, but what was agreed with the EC under the PVP will bring over 6 billion leva. in the budget from August 2025 to the end of 2026“, said Petkova.
She also commented that Asen Vassilev “does not have a single implemented budget.“
“I recall that during his time, inflation was a double-digit number. What Asen Vassilev shared about his vision for managing public finances and comparing them to groceries and "grocery bills" does not suit a former Minister of Finance, Temenuzhka Petkova said.
Taxes will not increase, she was categorical.
Regarding young doctors, Petkova said that a solution will be found.
“I recall that it was our cabinet that made the nursing profession protected and exempt from fees“, explained the Minister of Finance.
She added that with our entry into the eurozone, Bulgaria is fully integrated into the European Union.
“Our membership in it will only bring benefits to Bulgaria. There were attempts at speculation everywhere in the first month, but after the intervention of state authorities, they stopped“, Petkova also said.