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Finance minister rejects opposition's negative supplementary budget claim
Ministers will attempt to approve this year's supplementary budget on Monday, and Minister of Finance Jürgen Ligi (Reform) rejects the opposition's claims that cuts could have been made instead. The total volume of this year's state budget is €20.9 billion and the supplementary budget will mainly fund the development of the eastern border and artificial intelligence. Ligi said expenditures will not increase under the supplementary budget, though it does reflect the state's funding for the new explosives factory. [...]