By Plenary Sessions: Varro Vooglaid
Total Sessions: 12
Fully Profiled: 12
2025-05-21
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
Economic views are strongly opposed to tax hikes and business regulation, stressing the necessity of allowing companies the freedom to manage their own affairs. The speaker criticizes the government for imposing a security tax without a popular mandate and questions whether tax increases are the only means of ensuring the country's fiscal viability.
2025-05-21
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing.
Insufficient information.
2025-05-20
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
Economic views are strongly opposed to tax increases, especially regarding the raising of VAT and income tax. The speaker emphasizes that these tax increases are the government's conscious choice and decision, not external circumstances, and they have been implemented without a mandate from the voters, which points to the requirement for the legitimacy of fiscal policy.
2025-05-19
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
Economic views support regional tax incentives as logical compensation for the lack of public goods in peripheral areas. Concern is expressed regarding the drift away from productivity and competitiveness objectives, linking this trend to high immigration and the utilization of foreign labor.
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
There is insufficient information. The only economic comment concerns joining IDEA, which is considered a pointless talking shop that simply adds further costs to the state.
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, fifth sitting, information briefing.
Not enough data
2025-05-13
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Insufficient data.
2025-05-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
His economic viewpoints are tied to national defense priorities, where he emphasizes that the construction of shooting ranges is an affordable and crucial investment, especially when compared to the price of expensive HIMARS missiles. He advocates for the rapid and widespread development of national defense infrastructure.
2025-05-08
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The text briefly mentions concerns about over-regulation and the increasing administrative burden within the context of legislative policy. A detailed position on taxes, the budget, or economic growth is lacking.
2025-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The economic perspectives implicitly support the lowering of excise duties and emphasize the need for dynamic economic analysis that would take into account changes in consumer behavior. There is opposition to linear and arithmetic fiscal planning, as it fails to provide a realistic picture of budget losses.
2025-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing
Insufficient data.
2025-05-05
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
Economic perspectives manifest within the context of competition law, which supports the efficient processing of infringements. However, it is stressed that this must not prejudice the procedural guarantees of legal entities or the principles of the rule of law, thereby highlighting the necessary balance between state efficiency and the freedom to conduct business.