Salam cabinet holds extra budget session on fees, taxes and appropriations
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What happened
The Lebanese cabinet under Prime Minister Nawaf Salam convened an additional session on 2026-09-11 to continue budget discussions, including fees, taxes and ministry appropriations. Ministers publicly said the draft did not yet include new taxes.
Why it matters
An extra cabinet session on the budget indicates the fiscal package is still being shaped and has not yet cleared the main political hurdles. The outcome will affect the government’s ability to present a coherent financing plan to parliament and to foreign partners reviewing Lebanese state spending priorities.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s cabinet held an extra session on 2026-09-11 to continue work on Lebanon’s budget, focusing on fees, taxes and ministry appropriations while ministers said no new taxes had yet been added. The move is a concrete procedural step in an active fiscal file rather than a standing condition, and it comes as parliament and external backers are weighing budget credibility alongside reconstruction funding and support for the army. The next phase is whether the government converts cabinet drafting into a defensible parliamentary package or leaves a financing gap that opponents can use against its broader state-capacity agenda.
Watch for
Lebanese Council of Ministers publication of the next budget-session agenda or communiqué by 2026-09-18 Finance and Budget Committee chair Ibrahim Kanaan confirmation of a committee date to review the cabinet's budget draft by 2026-09-18 Ministry of Finance release of updated budget tables or revenue measures covering fees, taxes and appropriations by 2026-09-18 Speaker Nabih Berri or the Parliament Bureau statement setting a legislative path for the budget file by 2026-09-18
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- بعد عودة سلام... جلسة وزارية الخميس - MTV Lebanon · mtv.com.lb
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