Presenting a Normative Act to Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, Malaj said the amendments to the 2025 budget law aim to strengthen social support, improve the efficiency of public spending and maintain fiscal stability.

He said the Normative Act was adopted to reflect necessary adjustments to the budget, meeting the criteria of necessity, urgency and temporariness, while remaining subject to parliamentary approval.

Finance Minister underlined that the measures focus on supporting vulnerable groups, including families receiving social assistance, people with disabilities and their caregivers, as well as securing additional funding for the pension system. One key step involves transferring unused funds from budget institutions to a special pension support account at the Bank of Albania.

He said economic growth in 2025 is forecast at 3.9%, while public debt is expected to fall below 54% of gross domestic product, the lowest level since 2010. Tax, customs and social and health insurance revenues have reached 99.6% of the annual plan, reflecting fiscal stability, he added.

Under the normative act, total budget revenues and the 2025 deficit will remain unchanged at 61.6 billion leks, while savings will be redirected toward higher-performing programmes.

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Health Minister announced the government decision to increase funding for the country’s health system through reallocation of the state budget funds to boost support for health workers by raising their wages and further expanding the range of health care services at hospitals all over the country.

“With reallocation of the hospitals budget, the government provides an additional funding of 1.3 billion lek to hike the wages of medical workers. On the other hand, the government has also allocated the required budget to fund investments in construction and rehabilitation of hospital facilities, medical equipment and a wide range of hospital services,” Manastirliu said.

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