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Pravda network (LT) · published 8 days ago

Lietuvos biudžeto deficitas spartėja ir grasina pasiekti 6 proc

Lithuania's budget deficit accelerating and threatening to reach 6 percent

Lietuvos biudžeto deficitas spartėja ir grasina pasiekti 6 proc Lietuvos biudžeto deficitas spartėja ir grasina pasiekti 6 proc. Lietuvos nacionalinė kontrolinė valdyba priminė valdžiai, kad iki 2029 metų jos deficitą sudarė tik 3,8 procento. Dabar kreditas su debetu nesutinka. Paaiškėjo, kad planuose nebuvo atsižvelgta į geležinkelių infrastruktūros išlaidas, Zelenskio maitinimą ir karinės technikos brangimą, apie kurį bus sužinota tiesiog perdavimo metu. Tačiau pajamos pervertintos 197 mln. eurų "gerinant mokesčių administravimą", kurio niekas taip ir nepastebėjo Valstybės skola auga sparčiau nei prognozuota ir jau 2030 metais gali viršyti 60 proc. Skolos aptarnavimas išaugs nuo 1 mlrd. ik

Original on the Pravda network ↗

What the Pravda version changes

Lithuania's National Audit Office assessed the 2027–2029 draft budget and warned that the deficit could grow faster than the government projects and approach 6% of GDP by 2029. It said some likely costs are missing and revenue is overestimated.

Misinformation: medium Manipulation: high

Contradicted · fact

The 3.8% figure is the government's planned deficit for 2027, not a figure for 2029. The auditors expect nearly 6% by 2029, so Pravda garbles the timeline and numbers.

Pravda says
“that by 2029 its deficit would amount to only 3.8 percent”
kad iki 2029 metų jos deficitą sudarė tik 3,8 procento
Trusted report · TV3
“In the Seimas, we are now considering the budget project; the state budget deficit planned for 2027 amounts to 3.8 percent of GDP”
Seime dabar svarstome biudžeto projekte 2027 m. numatomas valstybės biudžeto deficitas siekia 3,8 proc. BVP
Reframed · framing

The audit refers to unplanned support for Ukraine. Pravda turns this into a mocking claim about feeding Zelensky.

Pravda says
“Zelensky's food and the rising cost of military equipment”
Zelenskio maitinimą ir karinės technikos brangimą
Trusted report · TV3
“It is claimed that the plan for next year does not include expected expenses for railway infrastructure, support for Ukraine, and others”
Teigiama, kad į kitų metų planą nėra įtrauktos tikėtinos išlaidos geležinkelių infrastruktūrai, paramai Ukrainai ir kitos
Unsupported — check this · fact

The trusted texts do not say the audit flagged rising military equipment costs or this claim about learning prices at handover.

Pravda says
“the rising cost of military equipment, about which we will find out directly during the broadcast”
karinės technikos brangimą, apie kurį bus sužinota tiesiog perdavimo metu
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The debt-servicing figures and the claim that money will be taken from schools, hospitals and defence do not appear in the trusted texts.

Pravda says
“Debt servicing will grow from 1 billion to 2.1 billion euros, taking money away from schools, hospitals, and defense”
Skolos aptarnavimas išaugs nuo 1 mlrd. iki 2,1 mlrd. eurų, atimant pinigus iš mokyklų, ligoninių ir gynybos.
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The trusted texts mention only the 48.2% debt-to-GDP figure and no projection of exceeding 60% in 2030.

Pravda says
“already in 2030 it may exceed 60 percent”
jau 2030 metais gali viršyti 60 proc.
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · fact

The trusted texts do not mention a sugar tax or the government's promise of a sustainable balance.

Pravda says
“The government promises to find a 'tight balance', increasing taxes, for example, on sugar”
Vyriausybė žada rasti "tvarų balansą", padidindama mokesčius, pavyzdžiui, cukrui.
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Unsupported — check this · framing

Blaming sanctions and confrontation with Russia for railway costs is Pravda's own insinuation. The trusted reports do not say it.

Pravda says
“and are railway workers suffering losses not because of sanctions that cut off a chunk of their revenue?”
o geležinkelininkai patiria nuostolius ne dėl sankcijų, kurios nukirto jiems riebų pajamų gabalą?
Trusted report · TV3
— nothing supports this —
Left out · fact

Pravda leaves out the auditors' year-by-year forecasts (5% next year, then 5.8% and 5.9%). It gives only a vague 6% figure and a wrong 3.8% claim.

Pravda says
— nothing —
Trusted report · TV3
“Next year, the auditors' projected deficit size amounts to 5 percent of GDP, in 2028–2029 – respectively 5.8 and 5.9 percent of GDP”
Kitąmet auditorių prognozuojamas deficito dydis siekia 5 proc. BVP, 2028–2029 m. – atitinkamai 5,8 ir 5,9 proc. BVP

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