European Solidarity called for revising the 2026 budget and directing funds to the army
Фото: "ЄС"
The Verkhovna Rada’s Conciliation Council, with the participation of Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, failed to resolve key issues regarding the preparation of the 2026 budget.
This is stated in a corresponding post by the co-chair of the European Solidarity faction, Iryna Gerashchenko.
Gerashchenko recalled that last week the Prime Minister ignored the Verkhovna Rada’s demand to hold a meeting, and called it not just disrespect, but the fact that Svyridenko was appointed not by the Rada, but by the Office of the President. The EU faction calls for restoring the subjectivity of the parliament and the government, as well as the accountability of the Cabinet of Ministers to the Verkhovna Rada.
As for the 2026 budget, according to Gerashchenko, it must meet military realities and current challenges. At the same time, the faction emphasizes that some corruption “wishes” remain in the document, despite Timur Mindich being on the run and his arrest in absentia.
The “EU” proposes to eliminate inefficient and corrupt expenditures of over UAH 68 billion from the budget and direct them to the needs of the army. In particular:
UAH 25 billion – consumption expenditures, including:
10 billion – health screening
6 billion – reduction of salaries in central government bodies to the level of 2025 (Prosecutor General’s Office, State Bureau of Investigation, Accounting Chamber, Verkhovna Rada, Cabinet of Ministers, State Administrative Court)
5.5 billion – telethon and “strategic communications”
2.5 billion – services to the State Administrative Court, the Cabinet of Ministers, the Verkhovna Rada, the Prosecutor General’s Office, the State Bureau of Investigation, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, and the Ministry of Finance.
1 billion – special groups of advisors to ministries
UAH 36 billion – development expenses, including:
13.7 billion – investment projects of the Ministry of Public Administration
12.5 billion – road construction
4.3 billion – innovation development fund and e-government
2 billion – SFRD
1.5 billion – DUS, Prosecutor General’s Office, State Bureau of Investigation, Ministry of Justice
UAH 7 billion – expenditures added to the second reading, including:
4.3 billion – purchase of passenger cars
1.3 billion – financing of Ukrfinzhitl
0.7 billion – servicing the Cabinet of Ministers, the Verkhovna Rada, the Antimonopoly Committee, the ARMA, the Audit Service, the Ministry of Justice
0.5 billion – hydrometeorological activities
The faction also proposes to bring out of the shadows and direct more than UAH 34 billion in revenues from high-profit industries into the budget:
13 billion – gambling business
18 billion – tobacco products
3 billion – alcoholic beverages
Gerashchenko emphasized that in this way it is possible to immediately mobilize almost UAH 340 billion for the needs of the army.
Separately, she demands the removal of all those involved in corruption scandals from politics and the budget, in particular Kuleba, Pronin, and Umerov.
The EU calls for a thorough review of the draft budget as a test for the parliament and thanked all factions that supported the demands for government accountability, subjectivity of the VRU, and review of the telethon. Without this, the faction believes, the Verkhovna Rada cannot work effectively.
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