By Plenary Sessions: Priit Sibul

The speaker emphasizes that the budget is a question of political choices, but their specific positions regarding taxes, regulations, or economic growth are not made clear. The focus is strictly on maintaining tight control over budget expenditure lines (the firing range) and demanding transparency.

The economic perspective focuses on controlling the details of the state budget and ensuring fiscal transparency. It supports channeling investments toward long-term and anticipated projects, while simultaneously questioning the priority given to investments that arise suddenly.

Economic perspectives stress the necessity of ensuring tax revenue and preventing tax migration to neighboring countries. The speaker supports adopting considerations that would factor in, during taxation, whether a specific economic sector (such as alcohol production) generates added value for the Estonian economy. The preference is for differentiated taxation that would support domestic production.

The economic views focus on cutting social expenditures while opposing the lowering of the parental benefit ceiling and any sharp increase in healthcare co-payments. They demand a clear accounting of the basis upon which the cut decisions were made, also referencing the issue of need-based support. The position ostensibly prioritizes maintaining families' sense of security over implementing austerity measures.

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