By Plenary Sessions: Maris Lauri

The core political position is strong support for fiscal discipline, maintaining a low debt burden, and restricting the growth of expenditures. The speaker sharply criticizes the previous irresponsible deficit policy, stressing the necessity of bringing state revenues and expenditures into balance. This stance is both policy-driven and value-based, underscoring wisdom and responsibility toward future generations. The implementation of an expenditure ceiling within the budgetary rules is considered crucial.

The political focus is on ensuring the strict regulation of crypto-asset markets and the mitigation of risks, highlighting Estonia's previous negative experience in this sector. It strongly supports placing the supervision of virtual currency service providers under the Financial Supervision Authority (FSA) to ensure the adequate management of risks related to financial supervision. The position is strongly policy- and results-based, emphasizing the need to prevent the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing.

The political stance strongly emphasizes the necessity of a stable and fair legal framework and ensuring robust competition to support business development. The primary concern is the poor state of public finances, which is viewed as a source of economic uncertainty, demanding a swift resolution to avoid widespread cuts or tax hikes. The approach is results-oriented, focusing on creating the necessary conditions for innovation and risk-taking. In shaping policy, the state's role is prioritized as a condition-setter, rather than as an entity that does the work for businesses.

Political activity is aimed both at highlighting practical issues within the social sector (such as difficulties in recruiting staff) and at providing detailed reports on the legislative process concerning the financial sector. The focus is primarily on the precision of policy implementation and legislative procedures. The initial address is directed to the minister to clarify the contradiction between the need for employees and the complexity of recruiting them within the social sector.

The political debate is dominated by the state budget deficit crisis, which is being described as a "fire" and demands immediate action. One position emphasizes fiscal discipline and the necessity of correcting past errors (such as the tax hump), while the other focuses on procedurally streamlining the budgeting process for constitutional institutions. The crisis resolution must involve both spending cuts and revenue generation; otherwise, the deficit will balloon to 5% of GDP.