By Plenary Sessions: Martin Helme
Total Sessions: 9
Fully Profiled: 9
2024-04-30
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session.
Economic perspectives focus on social justice, sharply criticizing the government's failure to ensure pension increases that would outpace actual inflation. Emphasis is placed on the government breaking its promises regarding the taxation of pensioners, which highlights concerns about the economic security of the elderly.
2024-04-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The economic views emphasize the stability of the money supply and the defense of the market economy, standing in opposition to unrestrained money printing and high interest rates that drain significant sums from the Estonian economy. The speaker is strongly anti-regulation, particularly concerning green policies (such as the CO2 tax and mandatory renovations), which are viewed as destroying competitiveness and causing deindustrialization. Climate policy is seen as an attempt to abolish private property and the market economy.
2024-04-18
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
He/She advocates achieving economic growth through tax cuts, arguing that this would return 600–700 million euros to the state budget and reduce the deficit. He/She is strongly opposed to state budget spending on ideological projects such as Rail Baltic and the subsidizing of renewable energy, which push the country into deficit. He/She supports continuing cheap and efficient electricity generation.
2024-04-17
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
Insufficient data. The speech primarily concerns democratic procedures and the e-voting system, not economic policy, taxation, or the budget.
2024-04-16
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Insufficient data.
2024-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
The speaker supports the prudent and effective use of public funds and fiscal discipline. He criticizes the installation of expensive plastic posts, preferring instead to invest in larger, longer-term infrastructure projects, such as four-lane roads.
2024-04-04
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Insufficient data.
2024-04-03
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Economic viewpoints are expressed indirectly, criticizing the state's resource allocation, particularly the large amount of aid to Ukraine, for which taxes are being raised. The speaker casts doubt on the government's claims that establishing Ukrainian-language schools is beyond the state's means, considering the volume of aid that has been provided.
2024-04-01
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Economic views are expressed in sharp opposition to the government’s tax policy (the car tax) and benefit cuts (the removal of child benefits), which reduce prosperity and the sense of security. The economic decline is emphasized (GDP has been in decline for eight consecutive quarters), and it is claimed that immigration makes Estonian people poorer and increases state budget expenditure.