Addressing Parliament during the first reading of this year’s State budget bill, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Galab Donev said that the 2026 budget is "bold but not reckless". The Minister said: "Despite all the accusations of a lack of vision, this budget actually demonstrates ambition and courage - the courage to present the state of public finances as it is, without tricks or sleight of hand that create false expectations, and the ambition to achieve fiscal discipline and stability through measures, reforms, and by plugging the visible 'leaks' and invisible 'drips' through which public funds are flowing away." [...]