By Years: Helir-Valdor Seeder

It focuses heavily on the problems of rural areas and regional policy, standing in opposition to the central government's centralization plans. It sharply criticizes the car tax as a measure hostile to rural residents, arguing that it penalizes people living in sparsely populated areas. Examples cited include the closure of the Põlva courthouse and the creation of illogical "regions" for the purpose of regional administration (such as the merging of Lääne-Virumaa, Raplamaa, Järvamaa, and Viljandimaa).

The speaker places a strong emphasis on regional policy and protecting the interests of rural residents. He criticizes the government's tax policy (specifically the car and land taxes), labeling it an "upside-down regional policy" that unfairly penalizes rural areas and encourages urbanization. He is vehemently opposed to the Ministry of Regional Affairs’ plan to establish four artificial regional cooperation areas (which he refers to as "four oblasts"), viewing this move as an illogical expansion of bureaucracy and centralization.