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Fiala wants a budget with a deficit of up to 300 billion crowns

“We should get under the deficit of 300 billion,” Fiala said on Czech Television in Questions of Václav Moravec.

A budget with this deficit is not possible. We cannot responsibly agree on this. The Czech Republic will not avoid a provisional budget.

Petr Fiala, head of the ODS

According to him, the newly appointed ministers should find savings of six percent in each ministry. “We’ll see how it meets. But I think he has to prove it, “he added.

After the elections, the current opposition has a majority of representatives in the House. It is expected that the draft budget for 2022 of the ending government of Prime Minister Babiš will not pass in the lower house.

A few weeks ago, the ending cabinet approved the budget for next year with a deficit of 376.6 billion crowns. “A budget with this deficit is not possible. We cannot agree responsibly, “Fiala refused.

“The Czech Republic will not avoid a provisional budget,” he added. In such a case, the state would manage according to the last approved budget, ie according to the one this year, which counts on a deficit of 500 billion crowns.

According to Fiala, however, it should take no longer than the first two months of next year before the future government enforces the new budget.

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