By Months: Aivar Kokk
Total Months: 19
Fully Profiled: 19
10.2025
27 Speeches
Economic views are strongly opposed to tax hikes, arguing that the state has taken billions of euros from the pockets of individuals and businesses in recent years, having made over 50 decisions to raise taxes. Criticism is leveled at the tax policy, which funds income tax exemptions for high earners at the expense of broad-based tax increases. Furthermore, it is stressed that the state already possesses sufficient funds (approximately 1.7 billion euros in carry-over money) that are not being utilized effectively.
09.2025
38 Speeches
Supports business-friendly tax policies, including tax exemptions for young employees and restoring the tax exemption for land under one's home. It criticizes excessive bureaucratic burdens and the negative impact of CO2 taxes on Estonia's competitiveness. It emphasizes the importance of practical entrepreneurial experience in policy making.
06.2025
57 Speeches
A distinctly liberal economic perspective, supporting tax cuts and backing entrepreneurship. It argues that "no country has ever taxed its way to prosperity" and stresses the necessity of competitiveness. It advocates for lowering excise duties and opposes state intervention in the economy. It criticizes the rising costs of the public sector and calls for a reduction in bureaucracy. It views entrepreneurship as the sole source of wealth.
05.2025
36 Speeches
It consistently advocates for lowering taxes to stimulate economic growth, citing successful experiences from 2020. It sharply criticizes all tax hikes (income tax, VAT, excise duties), arguing that these measures will lead the economy into decline. It supports pro-business policies and demands a reduction in public sector spending, including the downsizing of the civil service.
04.2025
16 Speeches
Supports a low tax burden policy and cutting state expenditures by reducing bureaucracy. It criticizes tax hikes during an economic downturn, emphasizing the need to support investment and consumption. It supports business-friendly policies and opposes double taxation (fuel excise duty plus car tax). It emphasizes the need for dispatchable electricity generation and criticizes the high cost of current energy policy.
03.2025
1 Speeches
This is a clearly anti-tax stance, advocating for a lower tax burden on both private individuals and businesses. It asserts that budget equilibrium can be achieved without raising taxes, suggesting support for spending cuts or alternative funding methods. It opposes progressive tax policy (specifically, the cancellation of tax exemptions for high-wage earners).
02.2025
22 Speeches
The speaker supports market economy principles in the energy sector, demanding that all energy producers compete on a level playing field without state subsidies. He criticizes the government’s plan to subsidize offshore wind farms with 2.6 billion euros and argues that state-owned enterprises are earning excessive profits at the expense of consumers. On the issue of land tax, he advocates for limiting tax hikes to protect businesses and residents from a sudden tax shock.
01.2025
27 Speeches
It supports a lower tax burden and cuts to state expenditures, while criticizing tax hikes and new taxes. It expresses concern over the economic downturn and calls for investment to stimulate economic growth. It advocates for pro-business policies and criticizes the increase in bureaucracy within the public sector.
12.2024
32 Speeches
The speaker is a strong proponent of lowering taxes and improving the business environment. He argues that the reduction of excise duties in 2020 spurred economic growth, noting that Estonia was the fastest-developing country in Europe during 2021–2022. He sharply criticizes the current tax policy, claiming it will drive the country to the absolute bottom. He stresses that money is generated by business and entrepreneurship, not by the state budget.
11.2024
49 Speeches
Strongly supports tax cuts and opposes the introduction of new taxes. It criticizes the government's economic policy, arguing that it has driven the economy into a three-year recession. It emphasizes the importance of affordable energy for economic competitiveness and advocates for the use of local energy resources. It argues that the current policy of tax hikes is detrimental to businesses and employees.
10.2024
46 Speeches
Strongly advocates for tax cuts to stimulate economic growth and criticizes the government's tax-raising policy. It supports a business-friendly approach and the preservation of competitiveness. It demands cuts in public sector expenditure, particularly reducing the number of white-collar administrative employees. It emphasizes the importance of exports and transport for the Estonian economy.
09.2024
8 Speeches
It strongly supports planning security for entrepreneurs and opposes abrupt tax changes. It emphasizes the necessity of preserving the tax exemption for land under one's home and criticizes the complicating of the regulation governing the business account scheme. Furthermore, it expresses concern regarding the increasing state budget deficit and challenges the economic rationale behind the new tax measures.
07.2024
12 Speeches
A clearly anti-tax position, supporting tax cuts to stimulate economic growth. It criticizes redistributive tax policy, which takes "from the poorer and gives to the richer." It supports business-friendly policies and improving the investment climate. It emphasizes the need to restore economic confidence by reducing the tax burden. It views tax increases as a drag on economic growth.
06.2024
24 Speeches
The speaker is vehemently opposed to tax hikes and advocates for a lower tax burden to stimulate economic growth. He argues that tax increases won't make the country rich, and they will only lead to an economic downturn. The speaker supports entrepreneurship and investment, while criticizing government decisions that, in his view, are detrimental to the economy (the LNG terminal, the sale of railway wagons).
05.2024
13 Speeches
Strongly opposes sharp tax increases and demands that economic growth be supported through tax cuts. It criticizes the government's debt policy and the resulting state budget deficit. It supports entrepreneurship and calls for equal treatment among different business sectors, especially concerning the regulation of platform services.
04.2024
36 Speeches
A consistent anti-tax position, arguing that no country has ever been made rich by raising taxes. It supports business-friendly policies and criticizes the government's economic policy, which has led to a two-year recession. It emphasizes the importance of the energy sector to the economy and criticizes decisions that have resulted in rising energy prices. It supports austerity measures within government institutions.
03.2024
31 Speeches
The speaker supports market-based competition in the energy sector, criticizing the situation where end-consumers are forced to foot the bill for private entrepreneurs' business projects. He/She emphasizes the need to protect taxpayers from Elering's excessive profits and advocates for investments that bring direct benefits to the Estonian economy. Furthermore, the speaker criticizes the government's tax increases, which, in his/her estimation, have driven 75% of the population into poverty.
02.2024
11 Speeches
A strongly pro-business stance, opposing all tax hikes and demanding cuts to state expenditures. It criticizes the progressive income tax system as a "crazy idea" and supports lowering energy costs to maintain business competitiveness. The position emphasizes the necessity of supporting local production and exports, particularly in the timber sector. It demands cuts to state spending at the expense of white-collar workers (i.e., reducing bureaucracy).
01.2024
24 Speeches
It strongly supports entrepreneurial freedom and competitiveness, arguing that wealth is generated solely through enterprise. It opposes tax hikes and demands equal treatment with neighboring countries, particularly within the transport sector. It advocates for energy independence and maintaining critical infrastructure under state control, emphasizing economic pragmatism.