site.btaParliamentary Monitor: Wednesday
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Parliamentary
Monitor:
Wednesday
Sofia, February 9 (BTA) - At its plenary sitting on Wednesday, Bulgaria's Parliament transacted business as follows:
The budget of the National Health Insurance Fund for 2022 was approved on first reading by 129 votes in favour and 90 votes against. The project was supported by Continue the Change, BSP for Bulgaria, There is Such a People and Democratic Bulgaria. GERB-UDF, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms and Vazrazhdane voted against.
The budget bill envisages 604.4 million leva more for expenses and transfers (total) compared to 2021. According to estimates, total revenues and transfers are expected to amount to 6,050.7 million leva, or 604,4 million leva more than 2021. Health insurance revenues are proposed to amount to 5,802.5 million leva or 697.1 million leva more than in 2021.
Health insurance contributions are expected to reach 3,760.0 million leva or 433.9 million leva more than in 2021, and health insurance transfers from the central budget are expected to total 2,043.3 million leva, or 263,2 million leva more than in 2021.
Non-tax revenues for 2022, fines, sanctions and penalty interest, are expected to reach 23.2 million leva, which is 2.7 million leva more than in 2021.
Expenditures and transfers amounting to 6,050.7 million leva are set in the draft budget of the Health Insurance Fund. Of these, 5,871.7 million leva are offered for current expenses, 583.5 million leva more than in 2021
A total of 174 million leva are provided for the reserve, including for unforeseen and urgent expenses, which is 20.9 million more than in 2021.
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The 2022 Public Social Insurance Budget Bill was approved on first reading by 129 votes in favour, 92 against and no abstentions. GERB-UDF, MRF and Vazrazhdane voted against the draft budget.
The focus of the discussion was the planned from April 1 increase of the maximum insurance income from 3,000 to 3,400 leva and of the minimum insurance income for agricultural producers from 650 to 710 leva. The issues of lack of funds in the social security budget, the increasing transfers from the state budget and the need to reform the pension system due to the demographic crisis in the country were also discussed.
Democratic Bulgaria said that they will propose between the first and second readings that the maximum insurance income remain at 3,000 leva, as promised to the IT business. GERB-UDF is against raising the minimum insurance income of farmers and said they would also make a proposal between the two readings. GERB-UDF stated that they also propose dropping the pension ceiling.
MEPs have decided to reduce the deadline for proposals between the first and second readings to five days.
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Stanislav Todorov was elected to chair the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC). He had been nominated by the Continue the Change parliamentary group. The vote was 128 in favour, 13 against and no abstentions. Blagoi Golubarev, nominated by There Is Such a People, was elected EWRC member by a vote of 130-13. Todorov and Golubarev took the oath of office. ZH/RY/DT/VE
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PP2111ES.113
113 POLITICS - PARLIAMENT - MONITOR - amplified 2
Parliamentary
Monitor:
Wednesday
Sofia, February 9 (BTA) - At its plenary sitting on Wednesday, Bulgaria's Parliament transacted business as follows:
The budget of the National Health Insurance Fund for 2022 was approved on first reading by 129 votes in favour and 90 votes against. The project was supported by Continue the Change, BSP for Bulgaria, There is Such a People and Democratic Bulgaria. GERB-UDF, the Movement for Rights and Freedoms and Vazrazhdane voted against.
The budget bill envisages 604.4 million leva more for expenses and transfers (total) compared to 2021. According to estimates, total revenues and transfers are expected to amount to 6,050.7 million leva, or 604,4 million leva more than 2021. Health insurance revenues are proposed to amount to 5,802.5 million leva or 697.1 million leva more than in 2021.
Health insurance contributions are expected to reach 3,760.0 million leva or 433.9 million leva more than in 2021, and health insurance transfers from the central budget are expected to total 2,043.3 million leva, or 263,2 million leva more than in 2021.
Non-tax revenues for 2022, fines, sanctions and penalty interest, are expected to reach 23.2 million leva, which is 2.7 million leva more than in 2021.
Expenditures and transfers amounting to 6,050.7 million leva are set in the draft budget of the Health Insurance Fund. Of these, 5,871.7 million leva are offered for current expenses, 583.5 million leva more than in 2021
A total of 174 million leva are provided for the reserve, including for unforeseen and urgent expenses, which is 20.9 million more than in 2021.
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The 2022 Public Social Insurance Budget Bill was approved on first reading by 129 votes in favour, 92 against and no abstentions. GERB-UDF, MRF and Vazrazhdane voted against the draft budget.
The focus of the discussion was the planned from April 1 increase of the maximum insurance income from 3,000 to 3,400 leva and of the minimum insurance income for agricultural producers from 650 to 710 leva. The issues of lack of funds in the social security budget, the increasing transfers from the state budget and the need to reform the pension system due to the demographic crisis in the country were also discussed.
Democratic Bulgaria said that they will propose between the first and second readings that the maximum insurance income remain at 3,000 leva, as promised to the IT business. GERB-UDF is against raising the minimum insurance income of farmers and said they would also make a proposal between the two readings. GERB-UDF stated that they also propose dropping the pension ceiling.
MEPs have decided to reduce the deadline for proposals between the first and second readings to five days.
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Stanislav Todorov was elected to chair the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC). He had been nominated by the Continue the Change parliamentary group. The vote was 128 in favour, 13 against and no abstentions. Blagoi Golubarev, nominated by There Is Such a People, was elected EWRC member by a vote of 130-13. Todorov and Golubarev took the oath of office. ZH/RY/DT/VE
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