By Plenary Sessions: Helle-Moonika Helme
Total Sessions: 7
Fully Profiled: 7
2024-03-18
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
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2024-03-13
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting.
Economic viewpoints focus on the financial situation of families, opposing the withdrawal of family benefits. The necessity of controlling service prices is emphasized, as the cost of childcare services is constantly rising, creating financial difficulties for parents.
2024-03-11
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
Economic views are strongly opposed to taxation, particularly regarding property taxes (such as the proposed car tax), which would force vulnerable families to divest assets. Government spending (on the green transition and military efforts) is criticized, and there is fear of future cuts to family services. It calls for state institutions to align their policies with the government's position regarding the termination of trade with Russia.
2024-03-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The speaker is a strong advocate for the market economy and competitiveness, opposing any kind of market distortion, especially in the form of a CO2 tax, which takes money "out of the real economy." Concern is expressed over the recession and the failure to collect tax revenues, and socialist economic models are criticized.
2024-03-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, press briefing
Economic perspectives stress the preservation of state assets and are strongly opposed to CO2 taxes, which are viewed as a market distortion and a destroyer of the existing, functioning system. They support stable, existing energy production (oil shale) and warn against the abnormally high costs and unsustainability of renewable energy projects.
2024-03-05
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Economic views are strongly pro-market, opposing ideological market distortions and subsidies. The prioritized development of renewable energy is regarded as a "pyramid scheme" that drains funds without delivering economic growth or prosperity. They also oppose new taxes that place a burden on rural residents.
2024-03-04
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The economic perspective is strongly opposed to tax hikes, particularly the car tax, arguing that it effectively cancels out social benefits and deepens the recession. Emphasis is placed on the inviolability of private property, and the creation of public sector jobs (such as those in the Ministry of Climate) is criticized as an activity that yields no economic benefit. The government's actions are described as "one step forward and two steps back."