By Years: Jaak Valge

Total Years: 2

Fully Profiled: 2

2025

101 Speeches

It opposes the importation of cheap labor, arguing that this stifles economic innovation and drives down the wages of Estonian residents. It calls for a transition to higher value-added, knowledge-intensive positions, even if this results in fewer available jobs. Furthermore, it criticizes the excessive enrichment of foreign banks and demands the imposition of a solidarity tax upon them.
2024

204 Speeches

It supports lowering income tax and strongly opposes the car tax and other tax hikes, arguing that these measures would deepen the economic crisis. It advocates for taxing banks' excess profits with a solidarity tax, citing the policies of Lithuania and Margaret Thatcher as precedents. It claims that mass immigration is detrimental to the economy, leading to an innovation crisis and a drop in labor productivity.