The counselors will begin this Monday to present the budgets of their departments to Parliament
According to the 2026 budget schedule, the plenary of the amendments to the whole will be held on 9 December and the plenary will debate the opinion drawn up by the Committee on Finance and Budgets on 23 December.
From this Monday until Thursday, the Basque Government Councillors will appear in Parliament to explain the 2026 draft budgets of their respective departments.
Next year's draft budget for the Basque Country was approved on Tuesday by the Governing Council, and on Thursday the Finance and Finance Adviser, Noel d'Anjou, delegated it to the President of the Basque Parliament, Bakartxo Tejeria.
The Bureau of Parliament then met to classify the project and organize the hearings of the Councillors.
These hearings will take place on Monday, day 3, Tuesday, day 4, Wednesday, day 5, and Thursday, day 6, in accordance with the usual budgetary procedure.
On the other hand, according to the budget schedule, the plenary of the amendments to the whole will be held on 9 December and the plenary for the discussion of the opinion drawn up by the Committee on Finance and Budgets on 23 December.
Draft General Budgets of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country for 2026 16. It is EUR 378 million, 4.1% higher than last year. Health (€5,327 million) and education (€3,346 million) stand out, accounting for 53 per cent of the total budget.
Housing (€482 million) and Security (€849 million) have the largest increases (6.8 per cent and 6.4 per cent, respectively).
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