By Plenary Sessions: Peeter Ernits

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The speaker supports increasing state revenues but opposes prioritizing casinos and prisoners, arguing that this cannot be a top priority. He stresses the urgent need to bring merchant vessels back under the Estonian flag, seeing this as a huge untapped economic potential that has been allowed to stagnate. He criticizes the government for economically "impoverishing its own people."

The speaker stresses the economic failure, pointing to high inflation and youth unemployment levels that are near European records. The position taken is that the government has completely failed in its economic management, causing widespread financial hardship for residents, who are now "flat broke."

The speaker is fiscally critical, emphasizing that the state lacks funds for essential services (disability benefits, road maintenance) while inefficient or misguided projects (the prisoner contract, Rail Baltic) devour millions. They demand the complete cancellation of the car tax, not merely its alleviation, and criticize the financial chaos resulting from the unsuitability of the activity-based budget.

Economic perspectives emphasize the need to address the situation of low-wage earners (people earning 1,000 euros), criticizing the government’s inability to respond to this specific problem. This indicates concern over social inequality and economic well-being.

The speaker strongly supports the economic utilization of state assets for revenue generation, emphasizing fiscal discipline and the calculation of potential profits. He sees a major earning opportunity in renting out vacant prison capacity, boldly estimating its value at 50 million.

Economic stances favor social redistribution, demanding an increase in pension supplements and criticizing large expenditures that don't directly address the vitality of the populace or social security (like 23 million to flood forests). Furthermore, it casts doubt on major arms acquisitions when the human resources needed to operate them are insufficient.