Drafting of the Fiscal Package is completed - It will soon be presented to the Parliamentary Committee for discussion
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In addition, during the presentation of the draft budget, Minister of Finance Petrit Malaj also listed once again the expenditures for health, agriculture, infrastructure and defense and infrastructure.
"Health sector spending. 400 thousand patients with drug reimbursement treatment. Reconstruction of a number of regional hospitals. The 2026 draft budget guarantees social protection for the needy. 16.3 billion lek for agriculture, 1.3 billion lek more compared to 2025. The National Farmers and Oil Subsidy Scheme is the main budget expenditure for farmers, as well as the Fiscal Package with 1.5 billion lek for VAT compensation. In food safety, strengthening controls.
Financing the Elbasan Lekaj road, construction of the Vaqarr-Kashar road, expansion of the Tirana-Durrës highway, rehabilitation of the Vorë-Hani i Hotit, Tirana-Rinas railway, etc. 11.8 billion lek for all of these. 5 billion lek for the Reconstruction Fund.
Defense, 58.9 billion lek, about 10.2 billion lek more than for 2025. 69.3 billion lek by 2028, up to 3.8% of GDP by 2030. Local budget expenditures, 97.7 billion lek. The draft budget guarantees the increase in social welfare , "said Malaj.
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