By Months: Raimond Kaljulaid

Total Months: 16

Fully Profiled: 16

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10.2025

5 Speeches

Economic perspectives center on the demand for budget transparency and comprehensibility when the document is submitted to the Riigikogu (Parliament), criticizing the government’s inability to present a clear budget draft. Specific stances on taxes or economic growth are not articulated; the emphasis remains strictly on fiscal procedural propriety.
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09.2025

40 Speeches

The speaker is skeptical of measures that hamper economic growth, such as implementing additional public holidays. They are a strong advocate for social justice, criticizing the government's tax policy for granting significant benefits to the wealthiest while wage increases for frontline workers remain modest. The speaker calls for responsible financial management by the state and demands the avoidance of advance payments, which ultimately generate extra costs for the public purse.
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06.2025

7 Speeches

Economic considerations are not directly apparent; the topic of competition law is addressed only from an ethical and procedural perspective. The speaker warns against the buying of laws (legislative capture) and legal violations, which indicates a strong concern regarding the integrity of the market and the legislative process.
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05.2025

14 Speeches

Critical of liberal labor reforms (such as platform work) that undermine workers' security and result in underpayment. Supports industrial development (specifically defense and food industries), stressing the need for a stable investment climate and criticizing the erratic nature of environmental policy. Prioritizes regional investments for social welfare over purely economic rationale.
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04.2025

1 Speeches

Economic positions relate to defense spending, demanding full and sufficient funding from the government that corresponds to the military advice provided by the Commander of the Defense Forces. Insufficient funding is viewed as an impediment to fulfilling statutory duties and a cause for delaying the achievement of NATO objectives.
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03.2025

2 Speeches

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02.2025

15 Speeches

The speaker’s position is that the dangerous dogs bill is not a fiscal policy measure, and the purpose of the penalty payment is not to fund local government budgets. He argues that the clarity of the law helps municipalities conserve limited human and financial resources, enabling them to solve problems more quickly and effectively.
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01.2025

3 Speeches

It supports robust state investment in the defense sector, fixing expenditures at a minimum of 3% of GDP. It criticizes previous defense spending planning, which failed to adequately account for economic growth, pointing to the necessity of realistic and sufficient budgeting.
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12.2024

8 Speeches

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11.2024

9 Speeches

The speaker supports reducing regulations that foster economic growth, particularly in the defense industry, in order to boost international competitiveness and generate revenue for the economy. He refers to the defense industry bill as a "revenue bill" and calls on the opposition to contribute to economic development so as to reduce the need for budget cuts and tax hikes.
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10.2024

9 Speeches

He strongly supports the prioritization and increase of national defense spending, viewing it as an existential necessity rather than an economic choice. He advocates for the introduction of new taxes (a security tax) to ensure the necessary funding, and criticizes the idea of lowering taxes in the current security environment. He contrasts national defense expenditures with infrastructure costs, emphasizing that the former is existential while the latter is not.
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09.2024

5 Speeches

They strongly support the reduction of bureaucracy and regulations for entrepreneurs, especially within the defense industry, to accelerate the sector's development. Concerning funding, they favor a social democratic approach where the wealthiest Estonian citizens contribute the most to increasing defense expenditures, thereby ensuring an equitable distribution of the burden within the country.
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07.2024

3 Speeches

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06.2024

6 Speeches

Economic views focus on modernizing regulations, necessitated by the rapid development of e-commerce and the growth of courier services, which has brought parking problems to the forefront. It supports transport solutions that contribute to reducing carbon emissions, for example, through promoting the use of light personal mobility devices.
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05.2024

3 Speeches

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02.2024

4 Speeches

The speaker advocates for strict fiscal discipline regarding defense spending, criticizing wealthy European nations who are enjoying the "peace dividend." Defense spending is viewed as a necessary investment, not merely an expense, especially when considering the existing economic risks. Furthermore, there is significant interest in the specifics of the income tax law and the details surrounding the taxation of banks.
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