By Plenary Sessions: Rain Epler

Total Sessions: 4

Fully Profiled: 4

2025-03-24
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session.
Economic perspectives stress the necessity of cheap, weather-independent energy to foster large-scale industry and ensure overall economic viability. The speaker is vehemently opposed to subsidies and planned economies, arguing that renewable energy sources significantly increase the total societal cost. They support measures aimed at reducing costs for energy producers, such as securing exemptions from CO2 quota fees.
2025-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, press briefing.
The speaker is vehemently opposed to tax hikes, arguing that they are "strangling" the economy and impeding revenue collection. He advocates for tax cuts and views the economic recovery as a cycle driven by external factors, rather than a result of government planning.
2025-03-18
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fifth sitting, plenary session
Economic perspectives advocate for a radical reduction in bureaucracy, particularly concerning the funding of political parties, favoring simple bank transfers that ensure transparency. The positive economic impact of large film projects on the state is acknowledged, but the practice of incentivizing the hiring of foreign actors at the expense of local job opportunities is being questioned.
2025-03-17
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The speaker opposes the new taxes (the car tax), viewing them as an unfair and cynical means of squeezing money out of vulnerable groups. Their economic perspective emphasizes the necessity of fiscal discipline, demanding cuts to ideological and wasteful state budgetary spending before any taxes are raised.