By Plenary Sessions: Mart Maastik

The economic views expressed are critical of the government's long-term economic plan, demanding instead a swift and decisive short-term strategy to put the Estonian economy back on an upward trajectory.

The speaker opposes new consumption taxes (such as the sugar tax) at a time when social benefits supporting an active lifestyle are simultaneously being reduced. The priority is maintaining social support measures that allow families to participate in sports and training.

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Economic perspectives are confined to criticizing the waste of taxpayer money, citing as an example the million-euro cost of the Kajar Lember saga, which ultimately resulted in an acquittal. The focus is on the financial inefficiency and accountability of the state apparatus.

Budgetary views are conservative, emphasizing fiscal discipline and the limited size of the state's resources. When construction prices rise, the preference is to postpone expenditures (rolling funds over to the next year) instead of initiating new projects, thereby ensuring that existing projects remain funded.

The economic views are strongly focused on fiscal discipline and cost control. The speaker criticizes the subsidizing of expensive green projects and the inefficient spending of EU funds (300 million euros), favoring economically more rational solutions. He opposes costly environmental improvements undertaken in a "hurrah" fashion.

It supports channeling extraordinary, unearned income (profit derived from Euribor) into the state budget to cover essential expenditures, such as national defense and education. It opposes new taxes that negatively impact ordinary citizens (such as the car tax) and is critical of taxing banks, arguing that it does not actually generate additional revenue for the state. It favors fiscal resourcefulness over broad tax increases.