By Plenary Sessions: Tanel Tein

The political focus centers on strategic tax policy and expanding the state's revenue base through the gambling sector. This position strongly supports designing a tax environment that ensures Estonia's competitiveness in the global market, while linking this initiative to the targeted financing of culture and sport. The overall mandate is clearly policy- and results-based, emphasizing the objective of generating additional revenue.

The political focus is directed towards creating new legislation that would enable the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to develop a mass data processing system. The stance is cautiously supportive, while simultaneously emphasizing the need to ensure sufficient engagement and assess potential risks before the final adoption of the law. This constitutes a policy- and procedure-based approach.

The political stance centers on administrative reform within the sports sector. The speaker challenges the current structure of the Ministry of Culture, strongly advocating for the separation of sports and culture and the establishment of a dedicated Minister of Sports position. This position is results-oriented, emphasizing that the current system impedes progress on sports issues ("we are stuck behind a dam").

The political stance centers on increasing the efficiency of the Riigikogu’s work and modernizing the legislative process. The speaker strongly supports the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in managing draft legislation to reduce the workload of the legal department. This position is clearly outcome-oriented and directed toward enhancing institutional capacity.

The speaker positions sport as a crucial national issue, highlighting its direct impact on children's health, the economy, national defense readiness, and the country's reputation. The political focus is on establishing a long-term, systemic funding model, rather than relying on one-off decisions, underscoring the value-based stance that "children are always more important" than military spending. The objective is to achieve a societal consensus regarding the necessity of sports.

The political stance is highly skeptical regarding the necessity of the mega-hospital project, directly questioning whether it is actually needed. The speaker vigorously supports involving private healthcare, emphasizing its superior efficiency and potential for cost reduction. The position is shaped by a focus on effectiveness and the economic viability of the policy.

The most prominent issue is the bank tax, which the speaker (representing the stance of Eesti 200) clearly and strongly opposes. This position is policy-driven, emphasizing the negative signal the tax sends regarding Estonia's potential for attracting new banks and fostering internal competition. The ultimate goal is to create better conditions for ordinary customers and businesses within the banking sector.

The political position centers on issues of state asset management and financial discipline. The speaker emphasizes the need to prevent the state from incurring significant idle costs related to the large Tartu prison facility (40,000 square meters) if an alternative use for the building is not found. This is a results-based approach that necessitates considering alternatives.

The political emphasis is placed on ensuring budget execution and the functioning of the economy, which points to a performance-driven approach. The speaker questions the utility of increasing excise duties if these hikes reduce business income and consequently decrease income tax revenue, stressing the necessity of generating additional funds for the state budget.

The focus is heavily centered on funding for extracurricular activities and sports, fundamentally supporting the restoration of grants, but acknowledging the limitations of the state budget ("the purse is not bottomless"). The political focus is directed toward finding alternative funding methods, especially the involvement of private capital, which is viewed as a solution with very high potential. The need to rectify previous cut decisions (the reduction of funding for hobby activities in 2022) is also highlighted.

The most crucial topics are the role of sports in promoting public health and reducing the financial burden on the Health Insurance Fund (Tervisekassa). The political stance is strongly aimed at finding systemic, long-term, and planned solutions, particularly through advancing children’s sports education and physical activity. The speaker emphasizes that the state must take systemic steps to harness the potential of private enterprise in sports financing.

The political focus is currently directed at the performance of the large investment support system (EAS) and the changes the government is planning. A question is being raised about the efficiency of the existing system, which points to concerns regarding the management of state support. The approach taken is primarily policy- and results-based.

The political focus is divided between questioning the structure and impact of the international financial aid package (50 billion euros) and the appointment of members to domestic institutions (the ERR council). The representative demonstrates interest in the details of major financial decisions and fulfills internal parliamentary procedural duties. Their activity is primarily policy-driven and focused on adherence to procedures.

The political focus is on mechanisms for attracting private funding into science, culture, and sport. The speaker supports the state's role as a catalyst, which gives the private sector a clear signal that support exists, citing the success of science funding as an example. The stance is moderately supportive of strategic state intervention aimed at increasing private sector investments.