The coalition agreed on a budget. The proposal is both consolidation and preservation of the welfare state, says Fico

The minister did not say in what form the change would take.

However, the deputy prime minister and the head of the environment department did not specify the exact form of the bill.

The coalition government announced it had agreed on a budget for next year. The Smer-SD, Hlas and SNS parties did so at the coalition council meeting held today. The proposals will be debated by the government on Monday and will come to parliament on Wednesday. According to Prime Minister Robert Fico of Smeru-SD, the budget is social, but it also tries to save. “The draft budget is a combination of consolidating broken public finances and preser…