When Peevski enters the majority, Bulgaria looks back at the planned economy and corruption, and citizens get state-owned shops in post offices. When Peevski enters the majority, small Bulgarian businesses are deprived of the breath of air that we have been fighting for for years.
This is what "Yes, Bulgaria" pointed out.
The state budget for 2025 was adopted last night, with which the threshold for VAT registration was lowered from 166 thousand leva to 100 thousand leva. Lowering the threshold from April is unheard of and is an additional burden for small businesses.
At 4:26 this morning, the same Peevski majority also created state-owned shops in post offices. An absurd decision that has one sole purpose - corruption and controlling the votes of people in small settlements.
The increase of over 50% in salaries in the Ministry of Interior and services was adopted, without a commitment to any reforms.
Private hospitals will continue NOT to award public contracts, which is why the NHIF will continue to pay many times higher amounts for medicines at inflated prices.
The proposal of the State Duma for the gradual release of civil servants of retirement age was also rejected. In return, civil servants will not start paying social security contributions again.
And those in the private sector received a raise of 380 leva. maximum social security threshold, which comes into effect almost immediately (from 1.04.2025).
There is also more:
GERB and Peevski's satellite parties voted for 7 billion leva of unaccounted extra expenses in the form of state debt.
The government will take on a total new debt of nearly 19 billion leva.
The right-wing, reformist policies are missing from the 2025 budget. Instead, the ruling party is making a strong left turn, as if Videnov's BSP were in power.
The ruling party has a new partner - the left-wing populists from Peevski's MRF, who unreservedly supported GERB for every text of the law.
There is also good news - although a bad budget (with many opportunities for abuse), it meets (at least initially) the conditions for entering the eurozone. But the many anti-reforms in it risk the adoption of the single currency because they could lead to rising inflation.