By Plenary Sessions: Helle-Moonika Helme

Total Sessions: 10

Fully Profiled: 10

2024-11-20
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
Insufficient data.
2024-11-20
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, press briefing.
Economic views stand firmly against the current coalition, criticizing the unprecedented increase in taxes, levies, fees, and fines, which has resulted in an economic recession and widespread impoverishment. It supports the preservation of national assets (mineral resources) and opposes the concentration of benefits in the hands of an increasingly smaller circle.
2024-11-13
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session.
Economic perspectives emphasize strict fiscal discipline and cost cutting, particularly by reducing spending on the green transition and the Ministry of Climate, in order to redirect funds towards national security. It supports making the presentation of cost distribution mandatory based on economic substance and views the current government's administration as wasteful, citing "overpaid activists."
2024-11-12
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
It supports reducing bureaucracy and duplication. Its economic stance focuses on improving the living conditions in rural areas and criticizes taxation that penalizes forced commuters (car users). It advocates for investments that would bring services and jobs back to the countryside.
2024-11-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
Economic perspectives stress fiscal responsibility and the reassessment of national priorities, particularly during periods of austerity. Criticism is leveled against the use of Health Insurance Fund money (€300,000) to finance elective abortions, and the government is accused of impoverishing families (through cuts to family benefits and the introduction of a car tax) via its economic policy decisions.
2024-11-07
15th Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
Strongly supports tax cuts (specifically VAT on foodstuffs) aimed at improving consumers' financial well-being, particularly for lower-income residents. It opposes new taxes (such as the car tax), arguing that they will cause widespread price increases, especially affecting food transportation. The stance on major national projects (Rail Baltic, the green transition) is critical; these are viewed as pointless and wasteful, and the funds should instead be redirected toward improving public welfare or national security.
2024-11-06
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
Economic perspectives focus on reducing the tax burden, being strongly opposed to the car tax and supporting its complete abolition. Concern is expressed that this taxation could undermine the state's ability to acquire vehicles for free transfer to the state during a crisis situation.
2024-11-06
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, information briefing
No data available.
2024-11-05
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fourth session, plenary session
The speaker is strongly anti-regulation regarding climate policy, arguing that the CO2 tax makes fossil fuels, which are inherently cheap, ideologically expensive. He/She predicts that the current policy will lead to a decline in the competitiveness of the European economy and the impoverishment of the people.
2024-11-04
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
Economic considerations center on the need to ensure financial security for families, viewed as a crucial component of universal drug problem prevention. There is no available data regarding taxes, spending, or broader economic regulations.