Session Profile: Arvo Aller
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
2025-09-24
Political Position
The political position is strongly oppositional and results-oriented, arguing that the government's development strategy is "rotten" and focuses on consequences rather than underlying causes. Key points of emphasis include the lack of regional balance, the disregard for food security, and the harm inflicted upon rural life through tax hikes (car tax, income tax, and VAT) and the reduction of subsidies. The speaker accuses the ruling coalition of pursuing a deliberate policy that exacerbates regional marginalization.
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Topic Expertise
The speaker demonstrates comprehensive knowledge in the fields of agriculture, rural development, and fisheries, utilizing specific terminology (e-PRIA, e-field book, KSM applicants, investment aid). The topics of increasing bureaucracy, the reduction of farmer subsidies, and support for local varieties are addressed with particular authority. Furthermore, the importance of food security and the protection of valuable agricultural land is emphasized.
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Rhetorical Style
The speaker's rhetorical style is critical and combative, emphasizing the rottenness of the situation and the government's deliberate policy. Logical arguments are used, supported by concrete political examples (the car tax, PRIA bureaucracy, the postponement of subsidies). The tone is urgent, demanding solutions instead of addressing the consequences.
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Activity Patterns
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Opposition Stance
The main criticism is aimed at the current ruling parties, who are accused of pursuing deliberate policies that lead to the decline of rural areas. The criticism is both political and procedural, focusing on the abolition of child benefits, tax hikes, and the increasing bureaucracy of PRIA (the Agricultural Registers and Information Board). The intensity of the criticism is high, with critics asserting that things are "rotten."
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Collaboration Style
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Regional Focus
The focus is strongly regional, highlighting the issues faced by rural areas, peripheral regions, and coastal villages, in contrast to the concentration of the population in Harju and Tartu counties. Special attention is drawn to the importance of fishing along Lake Peipus, Lake Võrtsjärv, and the Baltic Sea, criticizing the exclusion of these areas from the development strategy. A demand is made for regional balance.
2 Speeches Analyzed
Economic Views
The economic platform focuses on supporting producers and residents in rural areas, while strongly opposing tax hikes (such as the car tax, income tax, and VAT) and cuts to agricultural subsidies. They advocate for local food production and procurement in schools and kindergartens, standing firmly against centralized joint procurement schemes. Furthermore, they criticize the increase in bureaucracy, which prevents farmers from accessing investment grants.
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Social Issues
The main social issue is regional inequality and the demographic problem, the solution for which requires supporting rural areas. The removal of child benefits is especially criticized as a conscious policy that deepens the demographic crisis and accelerates the exodus of residents from rural areas.
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Legislative Focus
The legislative focus is centered on the stalling of the valuable agricultural land act and the postponement of the investment support round for farmers. Criticism is also leveled against the mandatory e-PRIA systems (the e-field book), which create bureaucracy and are inaccessible to inspectors, and there is a demand for clarification regarding the substance of local benefit instruments.
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