By Months: Helle-Moonika Helme
Total Months: 9
Fully Profiled: 9
11.2025
28 Speeches
Economic views are fiercely opposed to taxation, particularly regarding the car tax and registration fee, arguing that these measures have devastated the car market and resulted in significant shortfalls in collected sales and labor taxes. The focus is on fiscal failure and protecting the market from government intervention.
10.2025
27 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
45 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.