Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš (JV) hopes that the government will be able to approve next year’s “basic framework” of the state budget next week, today the politician himself admitted after a meeting with coalition partners.
The Prime Minister explained that next week the main topic of the coalition in several meetings will be next year’s state budget.
“My goal is that the government’s” framework “for this could be adopted in the new week,” the politician said, stressing that next year’s state budget is planned to increase the statutory funding for doctors ‘salaries and teachers’ salaries, as well as agree on a guaranteed minimum income (GMI). amount and funding for its provision.
This process goes hand in hand with the planned tax changes. “We are moving forward. The goal is to approve the big picture in the new week so that there is time to work out everything and the Saeima can adopt the budget in time,” the politician said.
Kariņš said that he “feels intuitive” that the coalition “on the lion’s share” had agreed on this issue, but there are still details on which a consensus will have to be reached.
Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development Juris Pūce (AP) emphasized that “For Development / For!” (AP) It is very important that the offer of Kariņš and the Minister of Finance Jānis Reirs (JV) for the state budget for 2021 envisages fulfilling the promises to increase the salaries of doctors, teachers and university teachers.
Pūce also pointed out that it is important to gradually introduce the proposal for minimum social contributions in all tax regimes so that the society, employees and entrepreneurs can adapt to it. It is necessary to introduce a model that is in line with Latvia’s “political realities”, said the AP politician.
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