By Plenary Sessions: Jaak Valge

Economic arguments strongly back Estonian farmers, highlighting their unfavorable competitive conditions within the European Union, resulting from a high VAT rate and low direct payments. This points to a wish to lower the tax burden and boost subsidies for domestic producers.

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Economic perspectives emphasize the sustainable use of state resources, criticizing the "extravagance" involved in educating foreign students if they do not remain in Estonia to work. They support a significant increase in the maximum student loan amount (up to 8,200 euros) to reduce the necessity for students to work while studying. The long-term economic benefit is seen in boosting the birth rate, which will lead to an increase in the number of working-age taxpayers in the future.

Economic perspectives negatively associate mass immigration with declining labor productivity, noting that the influx of cheap labor is one reason why Latvia, Lithuania, and other countries have surpassed Estonia in terms of productivity. A shortsighted, present-day-centric neoliberal approach to the economy is also criticized.