By Plenary Sessions: Riina Solman

The economic outlook is centered on the responsible management of the state budget, standing in opposition to the income tax reform. This reform drains half a billion euros from the budget and primarily benefits the wealthy, all while the cost of living continues to rise. The preference is to find areas for cuts within the central government bureaucracy, rather than by reducing social benefits. Furthermore, it criticizes the government's failure to take action in steering the economy toward growth.

The economic views are linked to the question of the cost of rural life, where the speaker opposes the idea that maintaining sparsely populated areas is too expensive for the state. The emphasis is placed on the expenditures required to ensure food security and survival, rather than on achieving frugality at the expense of rural living.

Economic perspectives emphasize that family benefits are not an expense but an investment in the next generation, and cutting these benefits does not create fairness or means-testing. The speaker counters the argument of economies of scale, which the ministry used to justify reducing the benefits. He supports creating exceptions in tax policy, such as for the car tax, to alleviate the disproportionately large burden placed on large families.