Tunisia's Parliament examines 2027 state budget
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Webdo
The two chambers of Tunisia's Parliament began examining the 2027 state budget on 9 November, with two and a half weeks devoted to sectoral budgets. The finance bill must be voted on by 10 December at the latest, according to Webdo.
The two chambers of Tunisia's Parliament began examining the 2027 state budget on Monday 9 November. Discussions on the budgets of the various missions are to continue from 10 to 25 November, before examination of the finance bill at the end of the month, according to the parliamentary timetable.
The draft provides for 68.895 billion dinars in payment appropriations, compared with 63.575 billion in the 2026 finance law, an increase of 8.37%. Revenue is estimated at 54.280 billion dinars, with a projected budget deficit of 14.615 billion dinars. Tunisia's 2027 budget was submitted to Parliament in mid-October.
The first joint plenary session of the Assembly of People's Representatives and the National Council of Regions and Districts focused on presenting the draft and the government's statement on the economic and financial orientations for 2027. Adoption of the finance bill must take place by 10 December at the latest, the deadline set by Tunisia's budget procedure.
The examination comes after MP Dhafer Sghiri called for a debate on the 2027 Tunisian budget on 15 October. MP Dhafer Sghiri had then called for parliamentary discussions on the bill.
