By Plenary Sessions: Arvo Aller

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The main opponent is the European Commission and the EU's central leadership, who are criticized for ideological conditionality and the stripping away of sovereignty. Domestic criticism is directed at the government, which is called "laymen" regarding agriculture and fails to take farmers into account. The criticism is policy- and value-based, and compromise is ruled out.

The primary adversaries are the minister and, indirectly, the Social Democrats ("Sotsid"), who are accused of stifling public opinion and serving the interests of lobbyists through amendments to the Planning Act. The criticism is intense and addresses both the transparency of fiscal policy and the violation of democratic procedures.

The opposition is directed at the government’s budget policy and the methodology used for drafting the budget. The criticism is substantive and policy-based, focusing on the exclusion of depreciation from the budget, which points to a lack of fiscal transparency.