Budget committee backs draft budget for 2027

The Chamber of Deputies’ budget committee has recommended that MPs approve the main parameters of next year’s state budget in its first reading. These include revenue, expenditures, a deficit of 386 billion crowns and how it will be financed.

The proposed deficit has drawn strong criticism from the opposition, but opposition lawmakers failed to push through a recommendation that the lower house reject the budget and return it to the government for revision.

The Chamber of Deputies is expected to approve the budget by early December.