By Plenary Sessions: Yoko Alender

Total Sessions: 14

Fully Profiled: 14

2025-10-15
The 15th Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting
This supports economic flexibility and the commercialization of resources by allowing timber acquired for conservation purposes to be utilized as renewable energy. It also supports the establishment of multi-purpose land use, enabling energy production in mining areas for commercial sale.
2025-09-23
15th Riigikogu, 6th session, plenary session
Economic viewpoints support the development of the circular economy, emphasizing the economic profitability of recycling, which has already been achieved in the case of lead-acid batteries. The role of producer responsibility organizations is considered crucial as a form of insurance that guarantees the recycling of materials even if companies go bankrupt. Support is given to achieving economic self-sufficiency regarding critical raw materials.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
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2025-06-16
XV Riigikogu, V Session, Plenary Sitting
Economic viewpoints emphasize resource efficiency and the circular economy, viewing un-recycled waste as a resource lost to society. Support is provided for motivating businesses to invest in recycling capacity, ensuring they have clear knowledge of future resource availability. The reform is also seen as financially motivating for households (15 euros versus 5 euros per month).
2025-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
Economic perspectives are tied to prioritizing the reduction of bureaucracy, which stands as one of the draft legislation's main positive objectives. This signals support for easing the administrative burden within the regulatory environment.
2025-06-04
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
It strongly supports a market-based approach, emphasizing the prioritization of renewable energy as the cheapest method of electricity generation. It backs the local benefit mechanism and the option for concluding direct power purchase agreements to ensure that revenues are distributed to local communities. The focus is on energy security and stabilizing electricity prices.
2025-05-21
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
Economic perspectives support the forestry industry's shift towards higher value-added processing (chemical treatment) and prioritize domestic value creation. The fiscal stance is strict, opposing costly state subsidization and emphasizing that public funds are everyone's money. They support decentralized and fuel-free local energy production, as well as the local benefit instrument, which offers direct financial compensation.
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Economic considerations center on balancing nature conservation with the financial interests of private forest owners. Although the expectations and resulting frustration of forest owners regarding the suspension of logging are acknowledged, the priority is deemed to be the protection of nature through restrictions on 0.5% of the forest area, thereby avoiding extensive impact assessments.
2025-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
Economic arguments support major strategic infrastructure investments (1.6 billion euros) aimed at ensuring energy security. The objective is to keep electricity prices affordable by maximizing the use of cheap renewable energy through storage capacity. The costs imposed on consumers (13 euros annually) are justified by guaranteeing the reliability of the energy supply.
2025-04-23
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
Economic positions support state investments and regulations that ensure market stability and security of supply, even if this entails a certain cost for the consumer. The cost to consumers (13 euros per year for the reserve) is presented as an economically reasonable and justified price for security, aimed at avoiding peak prices that would be several times higher.
2024-06-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, additional plenary session
Economic perspectives emphasize that the management of the living environment and the promotion of spatial development are crucial for the nation's competitiveness and fiscal health. Preference is given to consolidating services under a single institution, which indicates a belief in the fiscal efficiency achievable through structural reform.
2024-04-18
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
Economic perspectives emphasize the critical role of clean, reliable, and affordable energy in ensuring economic competitiveness and raising the standard of living. The utilization of resources with higher added value is supported, while opposing the burning of wood for low-value purposes.
2024-04-09
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Economic perspectives stress the necessity of investing in clean energy, which serves as the foundation for increasing productivity and overall well-being. There is clear support visible for new, energy-efficient industries and for the ambitious targets set by entrepreneurs (Taavi Madiberk).
2024-03-07
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third sitting, plenary session
Economic perspectives are heavily geared towards boosting productivity, adding value to local resources, and creating higher-wage jobs via energy-intensive industry. The green transition is viewed as economically advantageous (projected savings of 1.5 billion euros), and there is support for taxing higher salaries while simultaneously challenging the current low wage floor.