By Plenary Sessions: Riina Sikkut

The speaker strongly opposes both the tax cut aimed at foreign online casinos and the importation of cheaper foreign labor. He/She indirectly supports tax relief for consumers, criticizing the absence of a VAT exemption for foodstuffs.

Supports social justice and a more progressive tax system, criticizing the raising of consumption taxes and the maintenance of low capital taxes, which increases the concentration of wealth. It warns that increasing the flexibility of employment contracts shifts business risks onto employees and hinders the restructuring of the economy towards higher productivity sectors. It supports large fines imposed by the Competition Authority as a deterrent against anti-competitive practices.

These economic perspectives emphasize strong state intervention in consumer protection, particularly concerning consumer credit and quick loans, while also supporting restrictions on advertising. They are critical of the government's actions, which appear to protect certain business interests at the expense of competition and consumers. Furthermore, they support improving the procedure for collective representative actions to better guarantee consumer rights.

Economic views are shifting towards economic nationalism, emphasizing the need to boost domestic value added and reduce reliance on foreign capital. Calls are being made for equal opportunities for local Estonian companies to invest in production, aiming to raise the value of exported goods above one euro per kilogram.

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Economic views tend towards social support and redistribution, especially given the rising cost of living. Direct social benefits (such as child benefits) are preferred over tax concessions, as this approach is considered more effective in addressing social concerns.

Economic perspectives center on fiscal responsibility, stressing that political decisions regarding infrastructure projects commit the state budget to covering the maintenance costs for decades. This contrasts with the notion that infrastructure is purely a business endeavor, emphasizing instead the necessity of national strategic management.

Economic perspectives stress the importance of long-term fiscal sustainability and the necessity of addressing the structural deficit, simultaneously criticizing the government's short-term budgetary maneuvering. There is support for increasing needs-based social benefits (specifically the subsistence minimum) to mitigate the effects of inflation, and a proposal has also been put forward to reduce the VAT rate on food items.