By Plenary Sessions: Helir-Valdor Seeder
Total Sessions: 5
Fully Profiled: 5
2025-02-25
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
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2025-02-17
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The economic views expressed are highly critical of taxation, particularly regarding the car tax, which is deemed unfair and punitive toward rural areas. They demand strict financial analysis and efficiency concerning state budgetary expenditures (such as the fallout from the administrative reform) and major energy projects. The income tax reform is also criticized; it provided local municipalities with only 60 million euros, while the state collects a total of 740 million through the car tax and the income tax reform combined.
2025-02-13
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary meeting
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2025-02-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The speaker is a strong advocate for fiscal discipline, criticizing the government for its failure to align long-term expenditures with revenues. He is fiercely opposed to the car tax, calling it the most unfair tax since the restoration of independence, as it disproportionately affects families with children and rural residents. Also criticized are cost-saving measures implemented at the expense of pensioners and the impact of inflation on the value of money.
2025-02-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing
The speaker is a strong advocate for fiscal discipline and transparency, criticizing the allocation of billions of euros of taxpayer and consumer money without public accounting. He opposes large subsidies and additional charges (the reserve fee) that increase consumer costs, and demands justification for economic decisions.