The Ministry of Energy’s budget for 2026, worth 10.181 billion lei, commitment credits, and 19.716 billion lei, budget credits, was voted on Monday evening in the specialized committees of Parliament, with the majority of votes of those present.

The Committee on Economic Policy, Reform and Privatization, the Committee on Industries and Services of the Chamber of Deputies, as well as the Committee on Economy, Industries, Services, Tourism and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Energy, Energy Infrastructure and Mineral Resources of the Senate, debated and favorably endorsed the form proposed by the Minister of Energy, Bogdan Ivan, who was present at the meeting, according to Agerpres.

The 15 proposed amendments were rejected en bloc by the majority of senators and deputies, with only 13 of them voting favorably.

On Tuesday, general debates will take place within the Budget Committees and by Wednesday, there will be debates in the Budget Committees with the main credit officers and reports will be drawn up on the draft budget and the social insurance bill.

The joint plenary session for the debate on the two bills begins on Wednesday at 4:00 PM and continues on Thursday, when the final vote will take place.

Last Thursday, the government adopted the draft budget for 2026, built on an economic growth of 1%, a budget deficit estimated at 127.7 billion lei, representing 6.2% of GDP, and inflation forecast at an average annual rate of 6.5%.