Budget will accumulate further debt: ADPD on 2026 Budget

The Green Party, ADPD has described the government’s 2026 Budget as a missed opportunity to properly invest in Malta’s sustainable future.

“The budget continues to finance growth through unsustainable borrowing rather than channelling funds into long-term social and ecological investments,” the party said, moments after Finance Minister Clyde Caruana finished delivering his Budget speech on Monday.

“The government is borrowing against our children’s future, and we are piling up debt to support a growth model that exploits resources, deepens inequality, ignores our ecological limits and hampers future generations from making their own decisions. This is fiscal irresponsibility and not sustainability.”

While the party praised the family-friendly income tax measure, it described the proposals as regressive and not as implementing social justice. 

“Those who are at the lower end of the income bracket should benefit much more than those at the upper brackets, for the simple reason that they require much more help,” the party said. 

ADPD said the real prosperity demands a shift to a wellbeing economy based on fairness, justice, and ecological limits. The party also noted how the budget failed to address the minimum wage levels.