By Months: Anti Poolamets
Total Months: 11
Fully Profiled: 11
12.2024
31 Speeches
The speaker is vehemently opposed to the proposed tax hikes (fuel and alcohol excise duties, VAT, and the taxation of pensions), arguing that these measures destroy competitiveness and deepen the economic crisis, leading to severe household payment difficulties. The green transition is viewed as a growth-killing planned economy. Support for the tourism sector is demanded, and the extraction of banks' excessive profits is criticized.
11.2024
28 Speeches
The speaker is deeply concerned about the recession and high inflation, highlighting the massive price increases for electricity (187%) and the consumer food basket (48.67%). He blames the economic downturn on energy policy and the green transition. He opposes CO2 taxes and new levies on businesses, demanding immediate measures to curb inflation.
10.2024
25 Speeches
Strongly opposes the government’s green transition policy, which he/she assesses as being responsible for high energy prices and the economic recession. He/She criticizes the raising of the doctor’s visit fee during a time of increasing poverty and rejects the left-wing ideological administrative burdens placed on businesses that require ensuring the representation of racial and sexual minorities. He/She advocates for raising family benefits.
09.2024
19 Speeches
The speaker is critical of the government's spending, viewing 37 million euros for bog restoration as an exorbitant sum at a time when exports are declining. He supports redirecting the money toward sensible economic activities, rural life, and the preservation of historical communities. He also advocates supporting the domestic drone industry through state contracts and backs restricting the sale of land to foreigners.
07.2024
9 Speeches
Economic views oppose tax hikes, arguing that accumulating taxes will neither lead to economic growth nor improve competitiveness. The politician views the car tax primarily as a tool for balancing the budget, rather than a means of achieving environmental goals. He supports subsidizing car purchases for large families, rather than taxing them.
06.2024
12 Speeches
Economic positions focus on quickly halting the three-year recession, demanding immediate solutions from the government while criticizing recent tax hikes. The speaker supports Estonian IT companies but calls for stricter regulation of the platform economy to ensure compliance with laws and the proper payment of taxes. It is also proposed that a bank tax be introduced, following the Lithuanian model, as a new source of revenue.
05.2024
9 Speeches
It advocates for stimulating the economy through tax reductions (excise duties) and strictly opposes the "super taxes" associated with the green transition (CO2 quotas), viewing this as the European Union interfering with member states' tax law. It sees economic growth as the source of budget fulfillment, not belt-tightening. It supports the development of the national defense industry as "the Nokia of the next decade" and criticizes the import of cheap labor, which reduces productivity.
04.2024
35 Speeches
The speaker is vehemently opposed to the government's economic policy, which relies on tax hikes and is deepening the recession, citing Eurostat data regarding the drop in GDP and exports. He supports rescuing industry from the "green frenzy" and high CO2 prices by utilizing nuclear energy. He advocates for protecting large families and the most vulnerable, proposing the reversal of the abolition of the tax hump as a funding source.
03.2024
28 Speeches
The economic platform is strongly opposed to taxation, particularly the taxation of land under one's home, which they view as undermining property rights and being detrimental to pensioners. They criticize the government's "nudging" policies (such as car taxation) as anti-freedom, and express concern over the recession, inflation, and the competitiveness of European industry stemming from high energy prices. They support maintaining baseline production capacity in the energy sector.
02.2024
19 Speeches
Economically, he advocates for a counter-cyclical approach aimed at strengthening public confidence and the birth rate (e.g., through student loan reimbursement). He is sharply opposed to conducting business with an aggressor state, considering it unethical and damaging to security. He also criticizes the inefficiency of immigration in solving the workforce shortage.
01.2024
44 Speeches
The speaker is a strong proponent of tax cuts (lowering income tax to 20% or 18.5%) and sharply opposes raising the car tax and VAT, viewing it as "squeezing" the population that is growing poorer. He/She criticizes the lack of financial discipline in the European Union (citing the ESM and the bailout of Greece) and considers the green transition and its associated obligations (e.g., mandatory renovation) to be destructive to the economy and restrictive of personal freedoms.