By Months: Helle-Moonika Helme
Total Months: 19
Fully Profiled: 19
10.2025
13 Speeches
Supports lowering the tax burden for families with children. It emphasizes fiscal transparency and demands clear accounting regarding whether money already paid will be refunded directly to people's accounts or left sitting in the state's prepayment account, reflecting concern over household finances.
09.2025
41 Speeches
The speaker is strongly fiscally critical, opposing a large budget deficit and borrowing at the expense of future generations. [He/She] criticizes the cost of abolishing the tax hump, which is covered by consumption taxes (VAT, car tax, property tax) that painfully hit low-wage earners and the middle class. [He/She] opposes "absurd ideological taxes" and questions Estonia's sovereignty in connection with pan-European tax obligations.
06.2025
28 Speeches
The speaker is strongly opposed to tax increases, arguing that raising 26 taxes and increasing excise duties will reduce people's purchasing power and fuel inflation. He criticizes the government's budget priorities, viewing the funding of the State Chancellery's propaganda (€2.5 million) as more important than raising teachers' salaries (€8 million). He emphasizes the ongoing decline of the Estonian economy (now spanning 13 quarters) and slams the government for its inaccurate forecasts.
05.2025
53 Speeches
The economic platform strongly opposes tax hikes, particularly regarding VAT and the proposed car tax, arguing that these measures impoverish the populace and stifle economic growth (leading to GDP decline). It supports lowering the VAT on essential goods and criticizes the government for failing to ensure that any savings are actually passed on to the consumer. The government's policies are viewed as actively impoverishing the country and serving foreign interests (IMF).
04.2025
26 Speeches
The economic views are strongly opposed to tax increases, arguing that the introduction of 20 new taxes and the abolition of the tax hump—which the people themselves will ultimately pay for—will especially impoverish the poorer segment of the population. They advocate for cheap and stable oil shale energy and criticize the enrichment of green and energy businessmen at the expense of state funds (an attempted theft of 2.8 billion euros). They support lowering the VAT on foodstuffs.
03.2025
40 Speeches
The speaker is strongly opposed to tax hikes, blaming them for the 11-quarter economic downturn. They support lowering the VAT on domestic groceries and backing entrepreneurship in rural areas. Furthermore, they are critical of directing state investments toward ideological business sectors (the green transition, wind parks), considering this contrary to market economics and prioritizing investment in families instead.
02.2025
31 Speeches
The economic views are focused on ensuring affordable and reliable energy, demanding an end to the irrational subsidization of renewable energy and the abolition of artificial taxation on fossil fuels (CO2 taxes). It criticizes the Green Transition policy as an ideological suicide that harms the economy and a corrupt scheme. It supports the restoration of fair market competition.
01.2025
12 Speeches
Economic views are strongly anti-tax, especially regarding the car tax and the taxation of ownership transfer, which are considered an irresponsible "robbery project" given the current inflationary environment. It supports consumer freedom (the choice of car) and is critical of the state allocating billions to renewable energy businessmen, viewing this as corruption and a waste of taxpayer money. The priority is people's livelihood and a life of human dignity.
12.2024
26 Speeches
Economic views are strongly focused on improving domestic welfare, standing in opposition to tax hikes (dubbed the "tax tornado") and high inflation (specifically noting the most expensive food prices). The platform demands that 100 million euros of aid money intended for Ukraine be redirected toward the needs of the Estonian people, and criticizes the excise duty policy, arguing that it encourages cross-border trade with Latvia and reduces state revenues.
11.2024
46 Speeches
The speaker is strongly opposed to taxes (the car tax and VAT), demanding a reduction in VAT on foodstuffs to improve the livelihood of the Estonian people. He considers major ideological projects (Rail Baltic, the green transition) to be wasteful and corrupt, calling for an end to their funding and the redirection of the money toward security and public welfare. He emphasizes that the green transition and the car tax will cause widespread price increases.
10.2024
47 Speeches
The economic platform is staunchly pro-market, heavily criticizing state intervention and excessive regulation (specifically citing the telecom monopoly and ESG requirements). They oppose tax hikes, arguing that these measures will drive small businesses into bankruptcy and suppress consumer spending. Furthermore, they demand budget transparency and accuse the government of laundering European Union funds via the Rail Baltica project.
09.2024
57 Speeches
The economic views are strongly fiscally conservative and pro-business. It criticizes government spending (2.4 billion) and tax increases, labeling them as the robbery of the people. It supports cutting state budget expenditures (for example, by restricting social benefits for temporary residents) and opposes climate policies that limit economic activity (specifically oil shale, peat, and mining). It argues that the country's prosperity stems from its own people and economic growth, not from new taxes.
07.2024
31 Speeches
The speaker is strongly opposed to tax hikes, particularly the proposed car tax, arguing that it is already indirectly covered by the existing fuel excise duty. They demand tax cuts and insist that savings be found by reducing foreign aid and eliminating waste in government administration. It is stressed that tax increases are unacceptable during a serious economic recession and damage business activity.
06.2024
27 Speeches
The speaker is vehemently opposed to tax hikes, arguing that the tax burden is unjustly high and that the proposed vehicle tax is detrimental, potentially leading to "mobility poverty." It is stressed that these taxes are indirectly passed on to all consumers, even those who do not own a car. While infrastructure maintenance is supported, the state is criticized for its failure to cover the road maintenance deficit (amounting to 4.4 billion).
05.2024
117 Speeches
The speaker is strongly opposed to the proposed tax increases (including car, sugar, plastic, income, and VAT) and the abolition of pension indexation. They demand that state budget funds be kept within Estonia, criticizing the allocation of hundreds of millions of euros for foreign aid (to Ukraine, Moldova, and Africa). The economic situation is characterized as negative, with Estonia being the only country in Europe experiencing negative economic growth.
04.2024
52 Speeches
The economic views are strongly opposed to tax hikes (VAT, income tax, excises, car tax), accusing the government of driving the state budget into deficit and increasing the debt burden. They demand economic development (heavy industry, low energy prices) and criticize the wasting of money on ideological projects ("green utopias," Rail Baltic). They also criticize the Bank of Estonia's failed forecasts.
03.2024
34 Speeches
The speaker is vehemently opposed to tax increases, particularly the car tax, which they argue effectively negates social benefits and harms vulnerable families. In the energy sector, the position favors preserving independent oil shale energy, while renewable energy subsidies are criticized as an ideological market distortion that will lead to the destruction of the economy and competitiveness.
02.2024
12 Speeches
The speaker supports lowering the VAT on foodstuffs to help small producers and bring down consumer prices, directly contradicting the government's claim that this benefit will not reach the consumer. They criticize the government's tax policy as "insane" and stress that the survival of food producers is a matter of food security.
01.2024
61 Speeches
Economically, the speaker is a strong advocate for low taxes, having submitted draft legislation to reduce VAT and income tax in order to boost people's purchasing power. He is a fierce opponent of new taxes (such as car and property taxes) and tax hikes, asserting that they are unsustainable and will worsen the economic climate. He criticizes government waste (citing examples like Rail Baltic and the salaries at the Ministry of Climate) and supports increasing the tax-exempt limit for employee reimbursement for the use of a private vehicle.