When asked what the priorities for the coming autumn would be, the ruling coalition politicians were unanimous in pointing to next year's budget.
Prime Minister Evika Siliņa (New Unity) said: "One of the big priorities of the budget will be internal and external security. It is and remains unchanged. We also discussed today in the coalition that we want to stick to it."
The planned tax reform is also linked to the budget. There have been various ideas in the public space.
Finance Minister Arvils Ašeradens (New Unity) raised the idea of, for example, raising the VAT rate at the beginning of the summer, a possibility now rejected by the Prime Minister.
"That is out of the question now, we have to work quite well to be able to offer a normal solution so that people do not have the feeling that somewhere something was taken [..]. So that it feels fair," said Siliņa.
In addition, in recent weeks there has also been talk of a new surplus tax on banks, which could be levied as a pledge against banks having to increase lending. However, as with other planned changes, there is no final version of what this will look like in reality.
