By Plenary Sessions: Anti Allas

Economic perspectives emphasize the need to account for social costs as future financial liabilities that convert into monetary debt. The speaker is critical of policies that offer a seemingly low tax burden but generate hidden, long-term costs.

It supports fiscal prudence by requiring economic assessments to be carried out for major energy projects, in order to prevent additional costs to the taxpayer. It advocates for increasing the revenue base of local governments and granting them decision-making power regarding taxation, to improve their capacity to provide services.

Economic perspectives emphasize the crucial role of tax policy in boosting competitiveness. The speaker is concerned about the negative impact of current policies and is seeking ways to modify tax policy to foster economic growth.

Economic perspectives emphasize the need to support specific business sectors, especially energy-intensive, value-adding enterprises, in order to improve the business environment. Support is given for the targeted reinvestment of public funds (CO quotas, renewable energy charges) to increase the competitiveness of the economy.

The speaker acknowledges the country's complex economic situation, characterized by a budget deficit and the need to implement severe cuts or find additional revenue streams. The draft bill is partially justified as a way to secure funds to cover the state's essential needs. The principle that war damages must be compensated by the perpetrator is supported.