The Rada did not agree to submit the 2026 budget for consideration

The Rada did not agree to submit the state budget for 2026 for consideration on 2 December

The Verkhovna Rada at today's meeting failed to agree on the issue of submitting the state budget 2026 for consideration on 2 December. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing sources in the parliamentary faction.

«No agreement was reached. The deputies are in complete disarray», the source said.

According to him, some parliamentarians support the government's draft budget, but others put forward their own political and financial conditions, which effectively blocks the document's progress.

Positions of deputies

There are differences in the factions:

• the amount of funding for the defence sector,

• redistribution of funds between regions,

• social programmes and subsidies,

• certain regulations that have an impact on economic policy in 2026.

Sources stress that a compromise has not yet been found.

Violation of deadlines

According to Article 155 of the Budget Code of Ukraine, The key terms of the budget process are fixed.
Adoption of the budget as a whole was to take place no later than 1 December 2025, to come into force on 1 January next year.

Thus, the parliament has already violated a statutory deadline, This creates risks for the financing of government programmes in early 2026.

Context.

The draft budget for 2026 is one of the most controversial in recent years due to the increase in defence spending, the revised international aid architecture, and changes in tax policy.
Negotiations within the coalition are also complicated by political competition ahead of possible early elections.