By Plenary Sessions: Urmas Kruuse

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The speaker is concerned about low salaries that fail to reflect the required duration and difficulty of the profession. This concern is compounded by the fierce competition and the 70 million euro deficit within the agricultural sector. The speaker supports increasing the state-funded quota for strategic specialties and opposes tuition fees in fields where no alternatives exist. Furthermore, they stress the critical importance of ensuring both corporate competitiveness and food safety.

Economic views emphasize fiscal responsibility and cost optimization within the public sector. Support is given to regulatory changes that save taxpayer money by avoiding the maintenance of an expensive and underutilized national laboratory system.