Fears of budget bust growing

Economists and market analysts doubt that plans for maintaining a zł.30 billion budget deficit and expenditures at the level of zł.239 billion will be realized. This belief is further fueled by the fact that parliament is accepting new costly bills, including one which is a form of support for families which want to buy a new flat, and which will cost the budget zł.7.5 billion until 2019. Around 70 bills have been submitted to the Sejm for voting and, if accepted and signed by the President, their implementation will cost the state zł.50 billion. The largest number of costly initiatives comes from deputies of Self-Defense, whose leader (Andrzej Lepper) is threatening to call new elections if Law and Justice (PiS) does not support the bills. (Rzeczpospolita, p.A1) A.K.