Bulgaria ’s ruling party does not plan to alter the proposed state budget for 2026, following a meeting between union leaders and GERB chairman Boyko Borissov. The discussion, held with the participation of parliamentary social committee chair Denitsa Sacheva and Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova, focused on the unions’ concerns about income policies and planned tax adjustments. Plamen Dimitrov, president of the Confederation of Bulgarian Trade Unions (CITUB), described the draft budget as “