By Plenary Sessions: Rene Kokk

The economic views concern state intervention and strategic planning, emphasizing the need to ensure food security and sufficient national reserves for potential worse days. Specific standpoints regarding taxes, trade, or general fiscal policy are absent.

Economic perspectives favor a targeted reduction in excise duty aimed at lowering costs for sectors that utilize shale oil fuel. This represents clear backing for a specific fiscal measure designed to alleviate the burden imposed by the fuel excise tax.

Economic policies are focused on protecting the domestic infrastructure sector, and warnings are being issued against its destruction due to underfunding. There is strong opposition to the car tax, arguing that it will age the vehicle fleet and negatively impact lower-income individuals who are living "from hand to mouth." Furthermore, they demand that funding for Rail Baltic be frozen, as the project will never become profitable and will require continuous subsidies.

The economic views strongly favor tax cuts, seeing income tax reduction as the solution to high inflation and economic hardship. Support is given both to increasing the purchasing power of private individuals and assisting entrepreneurs in this difficult situation. The speaker opposes the government's tax hikes and advocates for fiscal relief.

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The economic perspectives are implicit, highlighting the necessity of social support while opposing cuts to state benefits. This indicates backing for social redistribution and government intervention aimed at securing the financial well-being of families.

Economic perspectives are highly critical of the proposed VAT increase. The speaker questions the temporary nature of previous hikes (2009) and expresses a preference for keeping tax rates lower (at the 18% level) or, at minimum, not raising them to 22% or above.

The economic views emphasize tax uniformity and are strongly protectionist toward industry, supporting the increase of VAT on the press to the general rate (22%). He criticizes regulations (the quota system) that harm the economy and are driving the metal industry out of Europe, calling into question the economic viability of the green transition.