Session Profile: Tanel Tein
15th Riigikogu, Sixth Session, Plenary Sitting
2025-10-21
Political Position
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The speaker strongly supports Bill 728, which is aimed at lowering the gambling tax in order to attract international tax revenue to Estonia. The political position is strategic and results-oriented, emphasizing the independence of culture and sports funding from budget cycles through the generation of new, supplementary revenue. The objective is to establish a stable and competitive tax strategy that would retain existing businesses in Estonia and attract new global operators here.
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Topic Expertise
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The speaker demonstrates profound expertise in the fields of remote gambling tax, money laundering prevention, and targeted financing for culture and sports. They utilize specific data and forecasts (e.g., tax rate reduction from 6% to 4%, potential revenue of 100 million euros) and reference studies conducted by the Foresight Centre and projections from the Ministry of Finance. This specialized knowledge also encompasses an analysis of tax incentives for corporate donations and the low uptake of these benefits.
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Rhetorical Style
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The style is optimistic, strategic, and highly persuasive, focusing heavily on trust, transparency, and predictability. The speaker relies primarily on logical arguments and hard data to frame the proposal as a new funding model and an investment, rather than simply an expense. They repeatedly employ phrases such as "new funding model" and "global market" to underscore the sheer scale of the initiative.
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Activity Patterns
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The pattern of activity is restricted to introducing the draft law and providing subsequent detailed answers during the plenary session of the Riigikogu. The speaker refers to long-standing prior cooperation with the Foresight Centre in conducting research, but information concerning other regular activities or meetings is unavailable.
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Opposition Stance
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Direct political opponents are not criticized, but the speaker characterizes the Ministry of Finance’s forecasts as conservative, arguing they fail to account for the potential of the new strategy. He/She also criticizes a previous attempt to process mass data (in a different draft bill) as an error, thereby demonstrating opposition to over-regulation.
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Collaboration Style
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The speaker emphasizes cooperation with the Olympic Committee in establishing the sports facilities fund and with the Foresight Centre for conducting research. The draft bill was initiated by 16 members of the Riigikogu, pointing to broad-based support. He stresses the need for a trust agreement between the business community and the state through the leveraging of donations.
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Regional Focus
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The focus is clearly on the international market, bringing global tax revenue to Estonia, and on state funding (the Cultural Endowment, sports infrastructure). Regional projects (e.g., the Tartu Multihall) are mentioned only as an example of potential future funding, not as the direct destination of the draft bill.
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Economic Views
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Supports a competitive and stable tax environment (tax reduction to 4%) in order to attract global companies to Estonia and prevent existing operators from leaving. It supports earmarked funding, where additional revenue is directed straight into the development of culture and sports. Views the state's contribution to leveraging corporate donations as an investment.
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Social Issues
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It indirectly addresses the social issue concerning the use of the gambling tax to fund culture and sports, recognizing this practice as an existing societal consensus. It emphasizes that the objective is not to foster dependence, but rather to strengthen independence by drawing revenue from the global market, not from local players.
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Legislative Focus
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The main focus is the initiation and support of Bill 728, which aims to create a new funding model for culture and sport. Important legislative priorities include the gradual lowering of the remote gambling tax, the creation of two new target funds (the Sports Facilities Fund and the Private Capital Attraction Fund), and the significant strengthening of the anti-money laundering framework.
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