He expressed this opinion during his working visit to Makiivka (Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine) on Thursday. Yanukovych also noted if Verkhovna Rada (parliament) does not approve the social standards proposed by the Party of Regions, this parliament is not needed at all. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko predicted the 2009 budget deficit of 5% of GDP.
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Yanukovych predicts UAH 40 billion budget deficit
Oppositional Party of Regions leader Viktor
Yanukovych predicts that the national budget deficit by the end of the
current year will be about UAH 40 billion (UAH 8.0 / USD 1).
