By Plenary Sessions: Mart Maastik
Total Sessions: 3
Fully Profiled: 3
2024-07-29
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The speaker strongly opposes raising taxes and supports cutting costs in state administration, as well as taking out a national defense loan. He considers high energy and fuel prices the main impediment to competitiveness and criticizes the subsidizing of expensive offshore wind farms with taxpayer money. He advocates for a simple, unified tax system and criticizes the enrichment of banks through high Euribor rates.
2024-07-22
15th Riigikogu, Riigikogu's extraordinary session.
The speaker strongly opposes tax hikes and expresses concern regarding the financing of large state investments (such as the 5 billion allocated for wind farms). They emphasize the burden placed on taxpayers and are skeptical about the introduction of new taxes (like the railway tax), advocating instead for fiscal prudence.
2024-07-15
15th Riigikogu, Extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
Economic views are strongly focused on reducing the tax burden for lower-income residents. The speaker criticizes a fiscal policy that collects money (500 million) only to distribute it later, especially when this is done through deeply unpopular legislation.