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✊ I'll tell you how you can see the entire country's budget policy in a single committee session. Today it was obvious, like in a textbook.
📦 So, the agenda: for the third time this year — cancellation of tax-free parcels up to 150 euros. The Minister of Finance personally: without this law there will be no 4 billion euros in macro-financial assistance, the deadline is October.
🤦♂️ First question, mine: Parliament already voted for one tax law tied to these tranches — in June. It has been lying unsigned by the President for two and a half months. It turns out the amendments about PEPs (which the Coalition submitted and the Government agreed to) “blocked EU assistance” — and now they are waiting for a “clarifying law.” So Parliament is being told “urgent, we are losing billions,” while what was already passed just sits — and the same billions quietly wait….
🤯 Second question, also mine: and the five anti-corruption laws, which are tied to even more money and which the Law Enforcement Committee wants to reject? The Minister of Finance's answer, word for word: “Not prepared to comment. That is the responsibility of another ministry.” Period.
🇪🇺 For reference: the price of those “irrelevant” reforms is about €2,1 billion according to the Ukraine Plan schedule. And just this week the European Commission publicly reminded us: the rule of law and anti-corruption are mandatory conditions for EU accession, and of the 10 priority reforms agreed with Brussels, Parliament has not implemented a single one….
✊ The budget gap can be closed in two ways: with corrupt officials' money — or with people's money. The authorities chose yours for the third time.
🎬 A full breakdown of the session, with all the clips, is in the video.
https://youtu.be/ZO3KGbWyb3c?si=_oNidKrgYEiKG4Jv
