By Plenary Sessions: Ester Karuse
Total Sessions: 25
Fully Profiled: 25
2025-10-06
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
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2025-09-15
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting
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2025-09-08
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The speaker is critical of the banks' profit-centric approach, arguing that the provision of an essential service must transcend mere commercial objectives. They support a guiding role for the state to ensure the availability of this service, regardless of the banks' status as private enterprises.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The speaker recognizes the business logic employed by banks as private enterprises, but simultaneously stresses the state's crucial role in intervention and direction. They argue that banking is a "socially essential service," and the state must guarantee the accessibility of vital services, even in smaller regions, by prioritizing service availability over pure market logic.
2025-06-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The economic standpoints primarily concern public sector workforce issues and wage policy. The speaker emphasizes the need for salary and incentive measures when recruiting specialists, and notes that police officers take on extra work due to the need for additional income.
2025-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The economic views are strongly focused on social justice and progressive taxation, demanding that revenue be collected from large corporations (Google, Facebook) and banks (via a bank tax). The speaker opposes increasing the tax burden on working people (through VAT or income tax hikes) and criticizes the government for consciously increasing the deficit and growing the debt burden. Permanent sources of income are preferred over borrowed funds.
2025-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
Economic views center on the effective supervision of competition law and the improvement of market functioning, based on the suspicion that the current system fails to detect a sufficient number of violations. Specific information is being demanded from the government regarding the magnitude of the budget cuts to the Competition Authority, emphasizing the necessity of fiscal transparency.
2025-05-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
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2025-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
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2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
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2025-05-05
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The speaker emphasizes the need to maintain physical banking infrastructure in county centers, referencing the position that the state must ensure regional economic accessibility and mitigate the impact of the private sector's withdrawal. Accountability is also demanded for the expedient use of public procurements and investments (trains).
2025-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
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2025-04-09
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The economic perspectives are pragmatic and profit-oriented, stressing that international involvement in IDEA has generated significant interest in Estonian digital solutions. This interest is simultaneously economically advantageous, directly linking foreign policy to economic benefit.
2025-03-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
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2025-02-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
Economic opinions are divided regarding the bank tax, with critics stressing that it makes the situation tougher for banks and will lead to a decline in the availability of services. The speaker prioritizes financial stability and maintaining regional services over introducing new taxes.
2025-01-22
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session.
The speaker mentions European Union-funded reforms and calls for sanctions against the individuals responsible, signaling a willingness to employ economic leverage. Broader views on taxes, spending, or trade are missing.
2024-12-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
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2024-10-23
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session
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2024-10-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
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2024-06-13
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session
Economic outlooks highlight regional disparities in employment and wage levels, while acknowledging the central bank's limited direct impact. The proposed solution involves supporting economic growth through education, specifically by offering financial literacy programs in rural areas to enhance the economic resilience of the population.
2024-06-12
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session.
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2024-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
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2024-06-03
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary sitting.
Economic views emphasize the need for active government intervention and the creation of a concrete recovery plan to end the long-term economic recession. Criticism points to a lack of confidence in the government's ability to manage the economy.
2024-02-13
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
Economic perspectives stress the importance of an active foreign trade policy, specifically by supporting exports, attracting investment, and backing innovation projects. The government is being criticized for its decision to withdraw from participating in Expo at a time when industrial output and exports are declining, with critics viewing this as a major error. Furthermore, there is support for implementing equal pay for equal work.
2024-01-24
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
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