By Plenary Sessions: Aivar Sõerd
Total Sessions: 3
Fully Profiled: 3
2025-04-23
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The economic positions are restricted solely to ensuring the institutional governance and legal compliance of the central bank's governing council. Specific stances on monetary policy, taxation, or economic growth are absent.
2025-04-17
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
Economic perspectives focus on the historical implementation of tax policy, particularly Value Added Tax (VAT), and political accountability. Emphasis is placed on the necessity for alignment between political promises and actual action regarding fiscal issues, using the topic of lowering VAT on foodstuffs as a means of demanding accountability.
2025-04-09
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
Economic perspectives emphasize the stability and predictability of the tax system, opposing the taxation of windfall profits based on market conditions. The speaker defends the existing bank tax (an 18% advance income tax on commercial banks) and warns that a new tax would weaken the banking sector and the Estonian economic environment more broadly.