By Plenary Sessions: Evelin Poolamets

Insufficient data. The speaker criticizes the Finance Minister’s attitude toward the budget debate and the Riigikogu’s role in the budget process, but does not express specific economic positions regarding taxes, expenditures, or fiscal discipline.

Economic views are strongly pro-business, emphasizing the necessity of cutting red tape and avoiding unreasonable costs that undermine competitiveness. However, they also support a temporary solidarity tax on the banking sector to balance the extraordinary profits generated by the rise in Euribor against the principle of social equity. A warning is issued that new regulations will diminish the resources companies have available to focus on innovation.

There is no information regarding economic positions (taxation, spending, trade). Although the leasing out of prison space likely has an economic purpose, the speaker focuses only on the risks of this policy failing and the human rights aspects.

Economic perspectives focus on the specifics of taxation and compliance with labor market regulations. In particular, emphasis is placed on the need to clarify how the new security tax impacts agency labor, which points to concerns regarding the uniform and fair application of taxes.

The economic views strongly favor the market economy and consumption, stressing that consumption is the very foundation of a market economy. The speaker opposes the increase in electricity and fuel excise duties, arguing that it slows economic growth and impacts the baseline cost of numerous products.

Economic perspectives emphasize the importance of maintaining social benefits to prevent mothers from being excluded from the labor market and to mitigate greater subsequent healthcare costs. Extending the payment of these benefits until the child reaches the age of five or six was considered, which signals support for the national social safety net. Furthermore, concerns are raised regarding the potential additional expenditures for the Government Office when hiring legal experts.

Support is voiced for state subsidies aimed at increasing the birth rate, citing, for example, the positive impact of the third child benefit on the number of births. Criticism is directed at the government's policy of increasing immigration quotas in order to acquire a "ready product"—a mature worker—thereby serving the interests of private entrepreneurs while domestic unemployment is simultaneously rising.

Economic perspectives emphasize the need for responsible fiscal policy in the infrastructure sector. The speaker criticizes the underfunding of the road network, which has led to the accumulation of a large maintenance backlog, and calls for specific financial plans and deadlines for major projects.