By Months: Jaak Aab
Total Months: 17
Fully Profiled: 17
10.2025
26 Speeches
Economic positions favor progressive taxation, advocating for higher taxes on more expensive and luxury vehicles, ideally implemented via a registration fee. The speaker sharply criticizes the government’s fiscal policy, connecting the necessity of the motor vehicle tax to the 500 million euro deficit created by eliminating the tax bracket distortion (or 'tax hump'). Emphasis is placed on the need to secure adequate funding for public sector salary increases (for teachers, police officers, and rescuers).
09.2025
31 Speeches
It supports the state's active role in the economy by offering financial instruments and guarantees to businesses. It emphasizes the importance of competitiveness and improving capital accessibility. Concern is expressed regarding high risk margins compared to Finland. It supports renewable energy investments as a more economically reasonable choice compared to nuclear power. It shows understanding regarding the constraints of the state budget.
06.2025
35 Speeches
Strongly supports progressive tax policies, criticizing the ideology of low taxes for the wealthy. It advocates for the IMF’s recommendations regarding the implementation of a progressive income tax and a wealth tax. The text emphasizes the necessity of increasing productivity and criticizes the introduction of low value-added foreign labor, instead supporting the recruitment of highly qualified workers.
05.2025
39 Speeches
Supports a free-market economy but emphasizes the need for strong regulation to ensure fair competition. It criticizes monopolistic pricing and calls for effective competition oversight. It views the development of renewable energy as an economic competitive advantage and an opportunity for job creation. It supports an active role for the state in the energy sector and infrastructure projects. It expresses concern about the impact of high electricity prices on consumers and businesses.
04.2025
9 Speeches
Stresses the importance of maintaining economic competitiveness through affordable electricity prices. Supports the preservation of market conditions in the energy sector but recognizes the state's role in making strategic decisions. Criticizes solutions that have economically harmed consumers, such as the universal service package.
03.2025
8 Speeches
It strongly supports the free market economy and fair competition, emphasizing the importance of competition oversight. It views the development of the energy sector as key to economic competitiveness and criticizes the delays in decision-making within this field. It supports both private sector investments and the state's role in strategic areas such as national defense.
01.2025
2 Speeches
The speaker supports market mechanisms but acknowledges the necessity of state intervention in strategic sectors. He advocates for large-scale investment grants and business subsidies to foster industrial development. In the energy sector, he backs increased competition by allowing direct lines, which would ultimately lower the overall price of electricity.
12.2024
12 Speeches
Strongly supports business-friendly measures, including tax incentives (such as the reduction of waterway fees and the implementation of a tonnage tax scheme) and the reduction of administrative burden. It advocates for state investments in economic competitiveness, for example, allocating 25 million euros for the refitting and reconstruction of vessels. It demonstrates a pragmatic approach to economic policy, balancing the interests of both entrepreneurs and the state.
11.2024
20 Speeches
It supports enhancing economic competitiveness through strategic investments and innovation. It advocates for a moderate tax increase to balance the state budget, stressing the importance of broad-based contributions. It supports boosting business productivity and investing in research and development (R&D). It demonstrates an understanding of the necessity of a long-term perspective in economic policy.
10.2024
5 Speeches
It supports business-friendly measures, such as reducing waterway fees to support maritime transport and raising the thresholds for mandatory auditing for smaller companies. It demonstrates a pragmatic approach to economic issues, taking into account both competitiveness and the burden placed on businesses.
09.2024
2 Speeches
It supports public sector investments, especially in the field of energy efficiency. It advocates for the use of EU funding mechanisms and making their conditions more flexible. The approach is pragmatic, focusing on the efficient use of resources.
06.2024
4 Speeches
The speaker supports the analysis and improvement of economic competitiveness, emphasizing the necessity of involving economists and business organizations. They approach the making of large investments cautiously, especially those lacking a thorough preliminary assessment, a position demonstrated by their stance on the allocation of nuclear energy resources.
05.2024
33 Speeches
It supports increasing state revenues through tax hikes, particularly by taxing wealthier individuals, including implementing a progressive income tax and wealth taxes. It emphasizes the importance of investments for maintaining economic competitiveness and criticizes cutting investments during periods of crisis. It demonstrates an understanding that budget problems cannot be solved merely through austerity measures.
04.2024
3 Speeches
It supports technology-based industrial development and the effective utilization of European Union funds to boost the economy. It demonstrates an understanding of the problem of regional economic disparities and the necessity of systematically reducing them. The approach is pragmatic, focusing on the improved application of existing resources.
03.2024
8 Speeches
It defends education spending as a necessary investment, arguing that 6.2% of GDP is not excessive for a small country. It supports fulfilling the promised salary increases for teachers despite the budgetary challenges. Regarding the budgets of constitutional institutions, it advocates for granting greater autonomy to prevent pressure from the executive branch. It acknowledges the impact of inflation on eroding wage growth.
02.2024
3 Speeches
The speaker supports a progressive tax policy, preferring a wealth tax over raising the VAT, as the latter disproportionately burdens lower-income individuals. He/She emphasizes the necessity of increasing investments in road maintenance and public transportation and criticizes the government's passivity during the energy crisis, which damaged the competitiveness of businesses.
01.2024
1 Speeches
Due to the lack of data, it is impossible to draw conclusions about economic views.