A survey commissioned by the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues reveals that only 21 per cent of respondents support the implementation of a car tax in Estonia and 72 per cent do not.
Isamaa chairman Helir-Valdor Seeder rejects a suggestion from Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) whereby energy-intensive companies would shut down for a period of time, in order for energy prices to be permitted to fall.
The government is to discuss further potential energy price support measures to business later this week, ETV news show 'Aktuaalne kaamera' (AK) reported Monday. The discussions await European Union guidance on whether and to what extent such a proposal, already in place for domestic consumers, would need to refer to union rules on state aid.
Measures aimed at mitigating rising energy prices, if applied to businesses as well as domestic consumers, will need to be supported by the state taking out loans, the Social Democratic Party (SDE) says.
Decisions made by the Reform Party in late June which involved scrapping three major infrastructure projects which would have utilized European Union recovery funds are back on the table now Reform is in office with Isamaa and the Social Democrats (SDE).