Serbian Parliament speaker Ana Brnabic (BETAPHOTO/MILAN OBRADOVIC)
On Nov. 25, the National Assembly of Serbia commenced a sitting where the proposed state budget for 2025 and related legal acts will be discussed.
The Cabinet has proposed RSD2,346.2 billion in revenues and RSD2,660.3 in expenditures for the coming year, which translates to a deficit worth 3.5 percent of the gross domestic product.
Meanwhile, the projected growth of Serbia’s economy in 2025 is 4.2 percent of the GDP, with public debt expected at 47.5 percent of the GDP and RSD762.9 billion – or 7.4 percent of the GDP – to be set aside for capital investments.
Aside from the budget proposal, the agenda includes over 50 other items to be considered in general terms.
Ahead of the sitting, opposition MPs announced that they would obstruct the meeting, i.e. prevent the bills on schedule from being debated, because Speaker Ana Brnabic denied their request to discuss a motion of no confidence against the Cabinet in the wake of Nov. 1 Novi Sad railway station accident, which claimed 15 lives.
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