By Plenary Sessions: Andrei Korobeinik

The speaker is backing the draft legislation put forward by their colleague (Lauri Laats) and is actively seeking support from opposition factions, specifically Isamaa. They emphasize the point that even a minor step forward is preferable to doing nothing at all. The speaker urges coalition members to attend the chamber and vote in favor of the bill, noting the previous unsuccessful effort to tie their salaries directly to their attendance at sittings.

The speaker positively references the solutions proposed by the Centre Party (a bank tax, reduction of the public sector), indicating a political willingness to cooperate with that opposition party. Seeking cooperation or compromise with the government is not evident, given that the government's actions are sharply criticized.

The current style of cooperation is rather confrontational, posing pointed questions both to coalition colleagues (Aivar, Annely) and to the presiding officer of the session. Reference is made to previous failed cooperation, where the coalition did not support the draft bill proposed by the speaker's faction, which would have helped prevent the budget deficit.