There is no risk to pensions with the extension budget, Assen Vassilev, Chairman of "We Continue the Change", told the media in the National Assembly.
According to him, the provisions in the extension budget provide for maintaining the levels of pay as they are at the end of this year.
Social payments and pensions are guaranteed and there will be no shocks in the adoption of the so-called extension law for the budget. He gave this assurance.
Vassilev was categorical that the mechanism for updating the incomes of the elderly is protected by the current legislation.
"The Swiss rule for pensions is in force, so when the law on the state budget is adopted, it will be applied if someone decides not to apply it", he explained.
Despite the reassurance about pensions, the situation is different with regard to salaries in the public sector. According to Assen Vassilev, the extension budget provides for maintaining salary levels as they are at the end of this year. "According to the extension law, all salaries in the budget sphere are frozen as of December 31, 2025, with the exception of the minimum wage", Vassilev explained.
He added that the increased salaries in the public sector are included in the already adopted budget retroactively. The adjustments and indexations to roll back payments will only be provided for with the adoption of the regular budget for 2026, if the National Assembly makes such a decision.
When asked which salaries should be increased, Vassilev repeated what he had already said.