The Parliament of Serbia will discuss the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on the Budget for 2026 – namely the budget review – during today’s extraordinary session, serving as the first of 59 agenda items.
The Government of Serbia previously adopted the proposed review on Thursday, 20 August, increasing the budget by 112.45 billion dinars and bringing the total volume to 2,527.15 billion dinars. Tax revenues are projected at 2,108.3 billion dinars, with non-tax revenues expected to reach 382.9 billion dinars.
According to the proposal, the amendments secure funding for citizen support programmes and further investment in capital projects. The review relies on a projected economic growth rate of 3.3 per cent, whilst the inflation forecast has been revised downwards to 3.4 per cent. Public debt is projected at 43.8 per cent at the central government level, or 44.2 per cent at the general government level.
Government officials, led most directly by Finance Minister Siniša Mali, have stated in recent days that the review was undertaken in part due to direct and indirect financial support for citizens across several schemes. Mali stated during his latest television appearance that “nearly one billion euros is being allocated from the budget to support citizens”.
Opposition figures have criticised these specific allocations, noting that they come shortly ahead of the extraordinary parliamentary elections. For up-to-date tracking on electoral schedules, candidates, and official announcements, refer to the Republic Electoral Commission.
An analysis by Forbes Serbia also indicates that in the proposed budget, the Serbian Government has halved planned expenditure for the National Football Stadium, restructured budget allocations for the specialised Expo 2027 exhibition, and significantly increased the Ministry of Defence budget for “machinery and equipment”. Alongside the budget review and accompanying decisions on financial support, the agenda includes amendments to the Law on Establishing Public Interest and Special Procedures for Expropriation and Issuance of Construction Permits for the Belgrade Waterfront project.
Also on the agenda are the proposed Law on the Judicial Academy, alongside amendments to the Law on Public Notaries, the Law on Judges, the Law on Lobbying, the Law on Public Prosecution, the Law on Electronic Governance, and the Law on the Prevention of Corruption.
MPs will further debate amendments to the Law on Public Debt, the Law on Electronic Consignment Notes, the Law on Electronic Invoicing, the Law on Excise Duties, and the Law on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Taxes.
Debates will also take place regarding proposed amendments to the Law on Carbon Border Adjustment Taxes, the Law on the Budget System, the Law on Value Added Tax, and numerous other economic laws.
Further items include amendments to the Law on Property Restitution and Compensation, the Law on Addressing the Consequences of Property Confiscation from Holocaust Victims Without Living Legal Heirs, the Law on Public Media Services, the Law on Churches and Religious Communities, and the Law on the National DNA Registry.
Lawmakers will also consider new state borrowing to fund the construction of the Bački Breg-Sombor-Kikinda express road, the Belgrade-Zrenjanin-Novi Sad motorway, and the Požarevac-Golubac express road, as well as various international agreements and reports from state institutions.
The tenth extraordinary session of the National Assembly’s Fourteenth Convocation is scheduled to begin today.
(Nova.rs, 24.08.2026)