Bulgarian Unions Prepare Strikes as Experts Say Next Year’s Wage Growth Will Be Negative
Cătălin Roșioru
The " Podkrepa " Confederation of Labour is preparing protests in response to the proposed 2026 state budget, warning that real income growth is set to turn negative. Atanas Katsarchev, chief economist of the union, criticized the draft budget, saying half-hearted policies yield no positive results. Inflation currently stands at 5.3 percent, and when combined with planned changes to social security contributions and projected inflation for next year, real wages are expected to decline. “ This
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