By Plenary Sessions: Urmas Reinsalu
Total Sessions: 9
Fully Profiled: 9
2025-09-25
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The individual/group advocates for rapidly curbing inflation by reducing the burden of indirect taxation and cutting government spending. They are strongly opposed to the spiraling national debt and tax hikes that damage the business environment and investor confidence. Furthermore, they criticize the lack of rationality associated with the green transition and demand a fiscal policy perspective extending beyond the four-year electoral cycle.
2025-09-24
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
Economic views are strongly pro-business and oppose tax increases, particularly concerning indirect taxes, which are seen as the main driver of inflation and a factor reducing domestic demand. It calls for active state intervention and compensation during crises to protect producers, citing the principle that "It is the state's duty to step in where the market falters." It opposes raising taxes on forest land designated for production and the introduction of a hidden climate tax.
2025-09-24
15th Estonian Parliament, 6th sitting, press briefing
Supports strong fiscal discipline and a responsible budgetary policy, opposing unfunded expenditures and excessive borrowing. It criticizes the growth of administrative costs and the planning of a new motor fuel tax (ETS2), which is expected to generate 330 million euros for the budget.
2025-09-17
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting.
The speaker expresses concern regarding the government's priorities in the context of the economic crisis and stagnation, and defends the interests of entrepreneurs and the financial sector. He/She refers to the quarter-billion euro claim outstanding from LHV bank and criticizes the legislation as an unnecessary expense that squanders taxpayer money.
2025-09-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
Strongly objects to retroactive taxation (under the ETS system) and supports the protests organized by business organizations against it. It demands accountability for the breach of banking secrecy, which has led to a significant financial claim (0.25 billion euros from LHV Bank). It also criticizes the unconstitutionality of the state budget.
2025-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The speaker is a strong advocate for fiscal discipline and transparency, criticizing the depletion of the Health Insurance Fund’s reserves and the resulting 400 million euro deficit. He/She supports private healthcare as a supplementary measure. He/She opposes taxation schemes that are legally questionable (retroactive effect) and economically illogical (taxing something only to then pay out subsidies indirectly/through the back door).
2025-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, press briefing
Economic views are linked to the prioritization of defense spending, with the speaker noting that the acquisition of the acoustic monitoring system has been stalled for financial reasons. The speaker suggests that this investment, totaling several million euros, should be implemented quickly, hinting that security considerations must take precedence over economic hurdles.
2025-09-09
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session.
Economic perspectives focus on the strategic increase of defense expenditures, calling for the more extensive use of European Union financial resources for military defense, amounting to a billion euros. Regarding domestic financial matters, regulatory protection is emphasized to ensure that the value of assets held by good-faith depositors is preserved in the event of problems within credit unions.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The economic views strongly oppose tax hikes, arguing that they will deepen the recession and inflation (which is the highest in the EU) and simultaneously harm competitiveness. It calls for a reduction in governing costs (such as a negative supplementary budget of 300 million euros) and the postponement of the Reform Party’s planned tax increase structure. It voices the concerns of business organizations regarding the government's "economy-hostile policies" and demands tax stability.