Parliament: 2018 budget and social insurance bills to be adopted on 21 December, according to calendar

The bill on 2018 state budget and that of social insurance are to be adopted by Parliament on 21 December, according to the calendar set by the Joint Standing Bureaus of the two Chambers. 

Therefore, MPs will be able to lodge the amendments brought to the budget and social insurance drafts from Thursday to Monday, 11 December, at 09:00hrs, and Tuesday, the joint specialist committees meetings are to take place in order to clear the bills. 

As of Wednesday, 13 December, until Saturday, 16 December, at 12:00hrs, the bills will be debated by the joint budget-finance committees so that reports on the content be drawn up. 

On Monday, 18 December, the budget and social insurance drafts will be debated in the plenary sitting of Parliament, but the final vote is scheduled on 21 December. 

The Gov't approved on Wednesday the national budget bill for 2018.