By Months: Maido Ruusmann

The primary legislative interest concerns the challenges facing regional policy and agriculture. The specific focus is on directing financial resources from the new European Union programming period to border regions in order to alleviate domestic budgetary constraints and address the existing imbalance.

The legislative focus is on financing and implementing infrastructure development, including continuing the construction of 2+2 roads and paving gravel roads. Also important is protecting the coalition agreements regarding the car tax, related investments, and social relief measures. Support is provided for solutions aimed at improving housing availability (access to capital, renovation of apartment buildings).

The focus is on policy initiatives and finding solutions to stimulate investment in regional areas. The speaker initiated the discussion, seeking measures at the central government and Riigikogu level that would contribute to the growth of entrepreneurship outside major urban centers.