Economic advisor to president does not recommend signing budget for 2025

The economist David Marek, an adviser to President Petr Pavel, has told Czech Television that there are unclear items in the draft budget for next year, and that he does not recommend that the president sign it yet. According to Marek, the essential criteria of a budget are trustworthiness and transparency, and there are aspects of the 2025 draft budget that are still unclear.

Prime Minister Petr Fiala stated on the political discussion show Václav Moravec’s Questions that the budget has been responsibly drawn up and is pro-growth. Deputies are set to discuss it on Wednesday, although its basic parameters were approved by the Chamber of Deputies at the end of October and can no longer be changed.