By Plenary Sessions: Jaak Valge

The prevailing economic view emphasizes the need to account for inflation when assessing changes in benefits and salaries, highlighting the crucial role of real prices. This points to a concern about preserving citizens' purchasing power and demands fiscal honesty from the government when presenting data.

There is too little data.

Economic considerations regarding election costs are discussed, with the speaker asserting that e-voting is several times more expensive than traditional voting. This effectively refutes the arguments supporting e-voting based on convenience or cost savings.

There is insufficient data. It only mentions that the adoption of the bill will not entail excessive costs, but economic policy positions are absent.

Economic perspectives indirectly concern gender equality, highlighting the question of integrating reproductive labor into the paid economic system, citing the feminist Laurie Penny. The speaker's own stance on broader economic policy (taxes, fiscal discipline) remains unclear.

There are no economic standpoints, apart from an indirect warning that Ukraine's demographic catastrophe would lead to an unfavorable ratio of working-age to non-working-age people. This unfavorable proportion would necessitate high taxes, which in turn would cause further emigration of the working population.

Economic perspectives emphasize the necessity of increasing labor productivity and shifting toward sectors with higher added value, while simultaneously opposing the influx of cheap labor. The speaker criticizes the establishment of sector-specific wage requirements, arguing that this rigidifies the labor structure and hinders innovation. It is also asserted that mass immigration depresses the living standards of low- and middle-income workers.