By Plenary Sessions: Kersti Sarapuu
Total Sessions: 23
Fully Profiled: 23
2025-09-24
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
Economic perspectives highlight the necessity of supporting rural SMEs by alleviating their lending terms and enhancing investment opportunities. This stance is geared toward reducing regional disparities and revitalizing the rural economy.
2025-06-03
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fifth session, plenary session
Economic perspectives support state intervention in the housing market through the increase of state guarantees. The objective is to improve housing accessibility for young families and support areas suffering from market failures, indicating a fiscal policy aimed at achieving social goals.
2025-05-13
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Economic strategies support industrial innovation and high value-added manufacturing to offset the high cost of energy production. Investments are anticipated in technology that would allow utilizing by-products aimed at various industrial sectors, such as medicine and household chemicals.
2025-04-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
Economic perspectives support targeted public spending in the sports sector to ensure youth engagement and safety. The speaker criticizes the austerity policy, which has led to the underfunding of essential sectors, demanding a greater investment in coaches' salaries.
2025-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
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2025-03-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
These economic perspectives advocate for state intervention and the strategic channeling of investments to ensure regional prosperity and balanced development. The speaker favors broad-based economic growth, rather than relying solely on a single sector (such as wind farms), and supports the reallocation of investments to underdeveloped regions.
2025-02-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
Economic outlooks are focused on bringing down and stabilizing energy prices, as the current astronomical costs are crippling both businesses and private citizens. The proposed solution involves a national structural reform and long-term planning that would support the interests of both businesses and consumers.
2025-01-22
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session.
Economic perspectives center on tax policy, specifically expressing criticism regarding the introduction and administration of the motor vehicle tax. Emphasis is placed on the practical impact of this tax obligation on citizens (i.e., the actual receipt of the bills).
2025-01-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
Economic perspectives emphasize the state's obligation to contribute its own resources to major infrastructure projects, especially after the cessation of EU funding. This demonstrates support for public investment and national responsibility in financing socially significant projects.
2024-12-05
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary session.
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2024-12-04
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
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2024-11-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
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2024-09-25
15th Riigikogu, 4th sitting, plenary session
Economic views stress pragmatism and fiscal discipline in public procurement, given that the primary criterion for selecting the auditor was the cost of the bid. At the same time, quality and professional experience (a Big 4 background) are valued, which is expected to provide a "value-creating experience."
2024-09-17
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
Economic perspectives directly link the funding of social services to employment, emphasizing that the lack of support specialists prevents parents, who are taxpayers in the local government, from entering the workforce. Public funding is supported, as it increases labor force participation and the overall economic contribution.
2024-09-11
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fourth session, plenary session
Economic perspectives focus on fiscal discipline and cost-effectiveness in public procurement, supporting the goal of acquiring significantly more ammunition for considerably less money, which points to the desire to maximize defense capability within a limited budget.
2024-05-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Economic perspectives are indirectly linked to energy investments, apparently favoring renewable energy solutions over nuclear power. Direct stances on taxes, the budget, or labor are not put forward.
2024-05-27
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
Economic considerations relate to resource allocation, highlighting that local municipalities justify the absence of services by citing a shortage of funds. This points to the necessity of ensuring adequate state funding for social services in order to enable parents to enter the workforce.
2024-05-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session
Support is given to state-led economic growth based on innovation and the strategic use of subsurface resources to achieve a developmental breakthrough. There is criticism regarding high financing costs, which impede SME investments in innovation and digitalization, particularly in rural areas.
2024-04-02
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting
Economic perspectives focus on the critical assessment of tax policy. Specifically, the question is raised whether the new tax is earmarked (environmentally sustainable) or rather a purely fiscal measure, which points to the scrutiny of fiscal discipline and the justification of the taxation.
2024-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
Economic perspectives highlight the necessity of state funding to guarantee the availability and provision of social services (special needs care) across all counties. Support is given to public sector spending aimed at expanding social welfare.
2024-03-05
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Economic perspectives highlight the necessity of a skilled workforce, particularly in engineering and technical sectors, to ensure national competitiveness. The speaker advocates for investments in education that align with the structural demands of the labor market.
2024-02-15
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Economic views are strongly focused on protecting the interests of entrepreneurs and promoting economic growth, while emphasizing the need for a competitive electricity price. Price instability is cited as the primary obstacle to business activity. There is a demand for the clear articulation of regulatory constraints and the modification of rules to support the economy.
2024-02-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The economic perspectives address entrepreneurship and production, particularly the implementation of new or unconventional production methods (such as insects) and their subsequent market entry. The focus is directed toward the practical aspects of business operations and the current market situation.