By Months: Andre Hanimägi
Total Months: 10
Fully Profiled: 10
12.2024
4 Speeches
The speaker strongly supports fiscal discipline, stressing the necessity of making unpopular cut decisions to streamline the state budget and increase the efficiency of services. He criticizes the opposition, which demands tax cuts and spending reductions without offering concrete solutions. Regarding consumer protection, he supports regulation that encourages the formation of consumer associations but also ensures that state institutions (TTJA, Financial Supervision Authority) retain the right to represent consumers.
11.2024
9 Speeches
He does not have direct economic policy positions, but he supports granting credit institutions and trustees access to land register data for the purpose of fulfilling their statutory duties. He also supports a socially sensitive legislative amendment that improves the availability of procedural aid, taking into account individuals' essential expenses (food, medicine).
10.2024
6 Speeches
Insufficient data. The speeches concern social benefits (parental allowance) and budgetary cuts/resources in the justice sector, but they do not provide an overview of the speaker's broader views on taxes, regulation, or economic growth.
09.2024
7 Speeches
Economic perspectives support channeling defense expenditure toward developing the Estonian defense industry, thereby ensuring the participation of local companies in the Eastern border projects. He/She stresses the necessity of guaranteeing competitive wages for internal security personnel. Regional policy will focus on eliminating market failures that impede the establishment of businesses and the creation of jobs in rural areas.
06.2024
6 Speeches
The speaker advocates for strong financial regulation to protect consumers, particularly concerning unsecured consumer loans and high interest margins. They demand solidarity from banks and request a detailed analysis of the potential consequences of a bank tax for the Estonian economy and consumers.
05.2024
11 Speeches
The speaker emphasizes the need to invest in infrastructure to boost competitiveness. He is concerned about the long-term effects of national debt, citing Greece as a cautionary example. He supports the development of the defense industry but calls for the elimination of regulatory hurdles. He criticizes the painful impact of the land tax, which stems from the failure to carry out valuations for 20 years.
04.2024
4 Speeches
The policy advocates for active state intervention in attracting investments and strategically planning the future workforce to ensure alignment with evolving needs. Economic policy emphasizes flexibility and the linkage of social benefits to employment (such as wage gap compensation), demonstrating a balance between labor demands and social welfare. Furthermore, the culture and entertainment sector (e.g., Eurovision) is viewed as a key driver for promoting tourism and economic growth.
03.2024
1 Speeches
Economic perspectives advocate for increased public funding in critical social sectors, based on the principle that health is the greatest asset. Furthermore, there is support for a stronger state regulatory role in directing hospitals and physicians, indicating a clear desire to limit market competition within the healthcare sector.
02.2024
10 Speeches
The speaker is a strong proponent of implementing a solidarity tax in the banking sector. They criticize the banks' excessive profits, demanding that these institutions give back to society via more favorable loan interest rates and higher deposit rates. Furthermore, the speaker is critical of the coalition's compromise, which potentially harmed lending capacity, but simultaneously opposes the state's unstable tax policy, arguing that it could undermine overall financial stability.
01.2024
2 Speeches
There is not enough data.