Cuts Needed: Rising Salaries and Expanding Bureaucracy Put Pressure on Bulgaria’s 2026 Budget

The Fiscal Council of Bulgaria has raised alarms about the rapid growth of personnel costs in the state budget over the past two years, warning that this trend poses a serious challenge for Budget 2026. According to the council’s analysis, public sector payrolls have risen sharply, both in total expenditure and relative to GDP, and several sectors now carry disproportionate burdens. The council recommends concrete measures to optimize costs, including merging municipalities to reduce administrative overhead, rationalizing the number of police officers, and requiring civil servants and police personnel to contribute to their own social insurance, aligning them with private sector standards....Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Novinite Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Novinite