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Budget and Finance Commission adopts 2017 state budget at first reading

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The Budget and Finance Commission at the Bulgarian National Assembly adopted at a first reading the 2017 state budget. The Movement for Rights and Freedoms, however, asked the commission to withdraw the budget. According to MP Petar Chobanov, the budget is not based on real economic forecasts. The members of Parliament from the budget commission rejected the proposal of MRF. The figures in 2017 state budget are realistic, Bulgaria’s Minister of Finance Vladislav Goranov categorically said.




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