The article on the budget published by Index today contains erroneous and untrue information: the wage increases resolved by the Government earlier will continue in next year’s budget, the taxes levied on employment will decrease, and pensions will rise at a rate in excess of this year’s.

The Government is reckoning with an increase in revenues against the background of continued economic growth, and as a result, there will be sufficient funds for all planned governmental measures. We wish to draw attention to the fact that the document released by Index cannot be regarded as the position of the Government, inter alia, for the reasons mentioned above.

(Ministry for National Economy)