Agenda Profile: Arvo Aller
Interpellation Regarding the Need to Support Large Families (No. 339)
2024-04-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
Political Position
The speaker strongly emphasizes the need to support large families and criticizes the government’s financial priorities, considering the income tax reform to be an overly expensive campaign promise. The political focus is currently on evaluating the effectiveness of the government's activities and how it uses public funds, demanding concrete answers regarding future actions. They maintain a strong opposition stance regarding government spending.
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Topic Expertise
The speaker demonstrates knowledge of state budget and tax policy, citing specific figures such as the cost of the income tax reform (700–900 million) and the potential revenue from the bank tax (150 million). Technical terms like "budget gap" and "motor vehicle tax" are used, which indicates expertise in fiscal matters.
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Rhetorical Style
The rhetorical style is critical and questioning, expressing dissatisfaction with the minister's "generic" answers. The argumentation is logical and relies on financial data, contrasting costly election promises (income tax reform) with alternative sources of revenue (a bank tax). The tone is formal and demanding.
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Activity Patterns
Insufficient data. (Attendance at the interpellation session is noted.)
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Opposition Stance
The speaker is in opposition to the government’s financial strategy, criticizing the income tax reform as an unreasonably costly priority that hinders the addressing of social needs. The critique is rooted in both policy and procedure, casting doubt on the concreteness and veracity of the government’s replies. The EKRE bank tax proposal is being offered as an alternative.
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Collaboration Style
Reference is made to the Estonian Conservative People's Party's (EKRE) previous bank tax proposal, which demonstrates ideological alignment with their own party on fiscal issues. There is no data regarding cooperation with other parties.
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Regional Focus
The focus is on national social and fiscal issues, such as the budget deficit, tax reforms, and support for large families. There is no regional or international focus.
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Economic Views
Economic perspectives favor increasing revenue through specific taxes, such as the bank tax, contrasting sharply with costly reforms that only widen the budget deficit. Emphasis is placed on the need to find new revenue streams (e.g., the bank tax yielding 150 million) instead of implementing new taxes (e.g., the motor vehicle tax) merely to fund expensive political promises.
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Social Issues
The primary social focus is on supporting the livelihood of large families, which is considered underfunded due to the government's current priorities. Social policy is closely tied to fiscal matters, emphasizing the necessity of directing funds toward social benefits rather than income tax reform.
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Legislative Focus
The legislative focus is on holding the government accountable for its social policy and tax reforms (income tax reform, motor vehicle tax). The speaker, acting as an opposition watchdog, is demanding clarity regarding the ministry's future actions to support large families.
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