By Months: Aleksandr Tšaplõgin
Total Months: 18
Fully Profiled: 18
10.2025
9 Speeches
The economic outlook is geared towards social justice and the necessity of increasing public spending to alleviate poverty. Emphasis is placed on the need to guarantee citizens' ability to cope financially and to resolve the situation where people are forced to take out loans just to cover essential living expenses.
06.2025
12 Speeches
They advocate for cutting taxes and energy prices during an economic crisis to stimulate the economy, thereby opposing the government's budget balancing model. They criticize the tax system for burdening low and middle-income individuals and demand a new tax policy that doesn't "rob working people." Furthermore, they are strongly opposed to the state spending money on inefficient mega-projects and support cheap oil shale energy as the foundation for a competitive economy.
05.2025
6 Speeches
These economic perspectives stress the necessity of reducing unnecessary expenditures, specifically targeting subsidies for the green transition and public administration costs (a 50% reduction is recommended). The approach supports restoring economic growth and increasing—rather than cutting—social expenditures, placing the reduction of the consumer's financial burden as the top priority.
04.2025
7 Speeches
The economic views strongly favor state regulation, demanding the abandonment of market economy rules in the energy sector and a return to nationally regulated pricing. He/She opposes spending hundreds of millions of euros to subsidize "uncompetitive green energy" and supports investments toward the renovation of the Narva power plants.
03.2025
15 Speeches
The economic views are strongly pro-market, demanding fair competition among all electricity producers and opposing a planned economy. It opposes state subsidies for green energy and high taxes on oil shale, accusing these activities of causing the economic recession and imposing "green socialism." It demands an end to the support for the national airline and the redirection of state funds to pensioners.
02.2025
5 Speeches
The economic views are strongly focused on solidarity and redistribution: they oppose a broad increase in the tax burden (including VAT, income tax, excise duties, and the car tax) and demand that bank profits be taxed. He considers the banks' billion-euro profit to be unjust income, acquired by draining the wallets of ordinary people and businesses.
01.2025
11 Speeches
Support is given to lowering taxes for the benefit of consumers (specifically, the VAT on foodstuffs) and finding new revenue streams through a solidarity tax levied on the profits of banks and international corporations. In the energy sector, a market economy and equal conditions for producers are demanded, while opposing state subsidies and the taxation of oil shale energy. Regarding the workforce, the protection of workers' health is supported through a reform of the sickness benefit system.
12.2024
14 Speeches
Economic views are strongly opposed to tax increases, especially during a recession, as they hinder economic growth and further impoverish the less affluent. They support wealth taxation, advocating for a special tax on banks and a progressive income tax. They demand cuts to state expenditure, including the reduction of bureaucracy and the cancellation of subsidies for Rail Baltic and the green transition, in order to avoid raising taxes.
11.2024
14 Speeches
Economic views are strongly opposed to raising the tax burden, especially on citizens, arguing that it stifles economic growth and lowers the standard of living. The platform supports alternative revenue streams, such as a solidarity bank tax and the taxation of global corporate profits. It criticizes government waste (citing Rail Baltic and green subsidies) and excessive bureaucracy, stressing the necessity of cutting costs.
10.2024
14 Speeches
The economic views are strongly focused on social justice and the eradication of poverty, while opposing tax increases that harm living standards and businesses. They support taxing the wealthy (a special tax on bank profits) and criticize large government expenditures (such as Rail Baltic and green energy subsidies), viewing these as a violation of free market principles and wasteful spending.
09.2024
14 Speeches
Economic views are strongly opposed to tax hikes (VAT, corporate income tax, high labor taxes), especially during a crisis, as they accelerate inflation and diminish competitive advantage. It supports cost cutting by reducing the state apparatus in order to free up funds for social spending. It emphasizes the necessity of halting the decline in citizens' purchasing power and standard of living.
07.2024
7 Speeches
Economic views are strongly opposed to tax hikes, arguing that they stifle economic growth and disproportionately affect the poor. The speaker advocates shifting the tax burden from the poor to the wealthy, supporting a bank tax and progressive income tax rather than a sales tax and car tax. The priority is restoring economic growth through investment and equitable taxation.
06.2024
13 Speeches
The speaker is a strong advocate for a progressive tax system and wealth taxation, specifically supporting a windfall profit tax on banks, a progressive income tax, and the taxation of large digital corporations. He is categorically opposed to raising consumption taxes, excises, and the proposed car tax, arguing that these disproportionately burden the poor. He stresses the necessity of collecting taxes "where the money is" and criticizes the government's current policies for stifling economic growth.
05.2024
24 Speeches
The economic platform is heavily oriented towards social justice: opposing the taxation of pensions, while supporting a progressive income tax and the introduction of a special tax on banks. Measures supporting a healthy lifestyle (such as reducing the tax on fruits and vegetables) are preferred over punitive taxes. Furthermore, the inefficiency of state bureaucracy is criticized, and clarity is demanded regarding the economic impact of large state investments.
04.2024
18 Speeches
Economic views are strongly focused on social justice and redistribution. The speaker opposes regressive taxes (such as VAT, excise duties, and the sugar tax) and calls for taxing banks' excess profits and implementing a progressive income tax. The aim is to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor and restore economic growth while avoiding a repeat of the 2008 crisis.
03.2024
8 Speeches
Economic perspectives are firmly opposed to raising taxes during a recession, arguing that such measures would only further stifle economic growth. There is support for progressive taxation, specifically recommending high taxes on luxury vehicles while avoiding taxation on the poor. The government is being called upon to implement concrete measures aimed at restoring economic growth and preserving employment.
02.2024
8 Speeches
The politician supports fair taxation, demanding the imposition of an excess profit tax on banks, since they are earning hundreds of millions of euros from the Eurozone's most expensive loans. He is opposed to raising consumption taxes and the car tax, as these measures would hit low-income people particularly hard. He criticizes the government for creating the main risk for Estonian entrepreneurs.
01.2024
8 Speeches
Economic views are strongly opposed to tax hikes, arguing that they stifle economic growth. Government spending priorities are criticized, particularly the generous bonuses given to officials at a time when there is a shortage of funds for teachers' salary increases. Furthermore, the necessity and economic viability of unprofitable major projects (such as Rail Baltic) are being questioned.