The Greek parliament has approved the budget for 2016, which envisages the significant reduction of expenses and increase of some taxes to satisfy international creditors, RBC-Ukraine reports.
153 deputies have voted for adoption of this document, 145 have voted against, two have been absent.
The document stipulates the reduction of state expenses by €5.7 billion, including €1.8 billion of pension benefits and €500 mln of defense expenditures. In addition, according to the document, next year taxes will increase by more than €2 billion. The budget deficit will make up 2.1% of GDP of Greece versus 0.2% in the current year.
