The prime minister made this statement during a cabinet meeting on Wednesday in connection with the approval of amendments to the State Budget Law for the current year. He explained that the budget situation for this year looks challenging: the budget deficit will increase to 23 billion lei (5.95% of GDP). "Our goal is to reduce the deficit to 3% of GDP, which is an acceptable level," said Vasile Tofan. According to him, this will be a major challenge. The process of preparing and discussing the draft State Budget Law for 2027 will begin shortly, and difficult discussions lie ahead regarding its revenues and expenditures, taking into account the demands of farmers, debts for rural infrastructure development projects, demands for wage increases, and so on. As the prime minister noted, this will be a major challenge, and very complex and serious discussions lie ahead to ensure that expenditures are not increased indiscriminately. "We must be very rigorous and disciplined when adopting next year's budget so that it is as balanced as possible and so that we do not face a deficit as large as this year's," said Vasile Tofan. The Moldovan government today approved amendments to the Law on the State Budget for 2026, providing for an increase in the deficit by 2 billion 171.8 million lei—from 20.9 billion to 23 billion 071.8 million lei (5.95% of GDP). // 02.09.2026 — InfoMarket.