By Plenary Sessions: Maris Lauri

The primary legislative focus is on tightening budgetary rules, specifically introducing a spending cap, and ensuring the swift and smooth processing of the supplementary budget. The speaker emphasizes the need to immediately establish steps to bring the budget into balance over the coming years, thereby preventing the continuation of a permanent deficit.

The primary legislative focus is on the adoption of the regulation for crypto-asset markets (the crypto bill), which it is actively advancing and supporting. Priorities include transferring supervision from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to the Financial Supervision Authority, extending the transition period, and clarifying corporate governance requirements to mitigate risks. It proposes concluding the second reading and holding the final vote on June 5th.

The legislative focus is aimed at guaranteeing a fair legal framework and ensuring competition, referencing the current draft legislation that is accompanied by legal disputes. Key priorities also include accelerating permit application processes (such as construction and environmental permits) and establishing financial measures to support research and development (R&D). The objective is to ensure that the Riigikogu provides opportunities for businesses, rather than creating obstacles.

The legislative focus is directed towards the processing of the draft bill (422) concerning the operational resilience of the financial sector and the related transposition of EU law. The speaker, acting as the representative of the lead committee, supports the handling of the bill, proposing to conclude the first reading and ensuring procedural correctness.

The main legislative priority is the amendment of the State Budget Act (Draft 391) in order to streamline the procedure for approving the budgets of constitutional institutions by linking it to the macroeconomic forecast. Furthermore, the need for a swift supplementary budget (approximately 200 million euros) to eliminate the budget deficit has been highlighted.