By Plenary Sessions: Anti Allas

Economic perspectives focus on developing the business environment at the local government level. Strong emphasis is placed on fiscal responsibility: tasks supporting economic growth must be fully funded by the state. Otherwise, local governments in poor economic standing will not be able to fulfill these tasks.

The economic perspective supports public investment in critical infrastructure (high-speed internet), requiring the allocation of funds for this purpose from the new year's budget. The emphasis is placed on state intervention to ensure accessibility, rather than on market regulation.

The economic viewpoints center on the impact of tax policy (VAT), stressing the need to ensure both a reduction in food prices for consumers and the continued competitiveness of domestic producers. The speaker is concerned about potential negative effects on the local processing and manufacturing sector.

This supports maintaining the competitiveness of businesses and ensuring equal opportunities for farmers across Europe. Economic perspectives highlight the necessity of helping regions restructure their enterprise base by expanding the scope of the just transition policy. A warning is sounded against fiscal irresponsibility, emphasizing that wanting everything requires a willingness to contribute as well.

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The economic perspective emphasizes the necessity of state intervention (through the budget) to ensure labor mobility and access to employment. This points to the view that the state must compensate for market failures where commercial services no longer offer coverage.

Supports a progressive income tax and regional redistribution (the Robin Hood measure, equalization fund) to ensure social justice and regional balance. He/she is critical of tax incentives that allow companies to avoid supporting national defense, citing the tax-free purchase of speedboats as an example. Although he/she prefers lower taxes, ensuring the funding of public services is considered a top priority.

The economic perspective emphasizes fiscal responsibility and the necessity of repaying debts, criticizing the practice of financing fixed costs with borrowed funds. It supports more progressive taxation, suggesting a shift in the tax bracket threshold (or tax hump) so that the wealthiest contribute more to improving the state budget. He/She stands in opposition to the government's policy of providing handouts to the richest citizens.

The economic platform is centered on social justice, opposing tax giveaways directed at high-income earners that consume two-thirds of the projected car tax revenue. The platform supports implementing a reasonable car tax if necessary to cover the underfunding of national defense, road construction, and special care services, while simultaneously emphasizing the need to avoid accumulating state debt.