The Social Minister Lidia Shuleva announced that the main priorities of the Social Ministry are economic growth, higher employment and decrease in poverty.“We will work to reduce unemployment because it has reached critical minimum,” Lidia Shuleva was quoted to say by Dnevnik Daily. 25 M deficit exists in the social assistance but most of the unpaid aid is on behalf of the Ministry of Finance.The Deputy Minister Hristina Hristova said that other high priorities will be the children, the older people, the disabled and the ethnic minorities.