According to Reinsalu, the analysis of the National Audit Office revealed several problems. First, there is no overview of the use of money in the country. Second, the goals described in the budget are not actually pursued. Representatives of the government themselves say that there may be no connection between money and goals.
Reinsalu says that ministries systematically deal with transferring money, not with achieving goals. Instead of focusing on managing money, tax increases were chosen. This worsens people's purchasing power and the state of the economy.
Reinsalu noted that the Minister of Finance says that he cannot do anything because the ministries operate independently. Reinsalu finds this to be a misunderstanding of management. If there is no central management, then there is no state budget policy.
Reinsalu recommends reducing the transferred money – 1.7 billion euros. He has repeatedly recommended reducing governance costs, not increasing them. For example, ministries increased governance costs by approximately 400 million euros in the summer.
If Isamaa comes to power, they want to change the activity-based budget and the system of transferred funds. The 2028 budget will be adopted based on new rules. For this, cooperation with experts and officials is necessary.
Last year, 2.15 billion euros were used, of which 1.7 billion were carried over to the next year. Part of the money was not planned to be used, and a surplus arose due to project planning.