By Plenary Sessions: Andres Metsoja

The speaker vigorously defends the freedom of economic activity and the value of property, while criticizing state actions that diminish the value of real estate (by up to half or even more) and prohibit forestry operations without fair compensation. He/She stresses the necessity of proportionality and faults the state for sacrificing potential economic revenue and shifting the resulting costs onto the property owner.

The speaker emphasizes the critical importance of a functioning economic environment both for maintaining the state and as a source of tax revenue. They are strongly opposed to regulations that restrict resource management (specifically forestry) without a proper impact assessment, viewing such measures as a direct threat to the state's fiscal capacity. The speaker prioritizes economic growth and activity over restrictive regulation.

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The speaker advocates strict fiscal discipline and is concerned about the size of the public sector and the cost of maintaining it for the taxpayer. He supports the active reduction of bureaucracy and refers to the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concerning taxes (specifically, car and property taxes). He stresses that the proportion of public sector wages in Estonia is excessively high.