Head of the Verkhovna Rada Volodymyr Groysman believes that the Ukrainian budget for 2015 must be adopted no later than December 26.

about this he said during a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pietta.

" next Tuesday, the Verkhovna Rada should consider in the first reading of the proposed changes in the Tax and Budget codes, as well as the draft State budget for next year. Then, he said Groisman, you need to take a break in plenary sessions for the processing of draft laws in the committees and their subsequent consideration in Accordance with the parliamentary procedures ", - said the press service of the Parliament.

Ukraine is currently hosted in severe political crisis, which affects its economy and the public sector, in fact the country is on the verge of default. The government predicts a decrease of the country's GDP by 5% in 2014, in November the Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk did not exclude the falling rate of 7%. A similar level of decline is predicted and the national Bank of Ukraine. The European Bank for restoration and development assumes that GDP will decline by 7%, Fitch - 5%.

The authorities want to improve the situation of foreign borrowing. For 2014, Ukraine received cash assistance from international financial institutions and partner countries in the amount of 8 $ 2 billion.

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