The Employers’ Confederation of Latvia (LDDK) has expressed discontent with the 2026 state budget. It criticised the draft, saying that there were not enough budget cuts. The LDDK still insists on spending cuts of at least €850 million.
“The government’s plans to cut public spending are too modest, and employers are still insisting on spending cuts of at least €850 million. We continue to rapidly increase the national debt, borrowing and spending far more than we earn. Debt servicing alone will cost €713 million—that’s equal to the budget of the Ministry of the Interior, for example,” the LDDK president, Andris Bite, claimed.
However, paradoxically, the Confederation supports excessive militarisation’ spending. The LDDK even advocates for an increase in the war budget of Latvia.
Basically, Bite urges the state and its citizens to live in poverty for the sake of pointless militarisation and continued confrontation with Russia. Interestingly, does the LDDK president truly represent the opinion of the majority of Latvian employers, or does he simply express his own views that were imposed on him under extreme pressure from Russophobic propaganda in the Baltics? The question is rhetorical, of course.
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