H. E. Mr. Mait Martinson:

It is natural. We are almost fully self-sufficient in electricity. Gas supplies account for approximately 10% of general use. As my Latvian colleague noted, LNG is vital to allowing us to diversify risks. We are engaged in a good discussion in this regard, sometimes even among friends. As Estonia and Finland do not want to hurt each other, we are letting the Commission decide the side of the gulf on which a terminal should be located. It will come up with a decision before the end of the year. I hope we will get a result that does not sour relations between Finland and Estonia.

I have no knowledge of the recent movement on a digital tax. In the last two years, scrutiny of EU legislation has become an issue.

We have managed to adopt everything so far but there is a feeling that we have reached the limit and that if something else should come on those lines we might need to have a referendum, which so far we have not been required to do. The trouble is that we are scrutinising some EU laws not to our benefit but we adopt a stricter line because sometimes one has a corridor in which to play and the initial practice was to use the stricter end of a corridor.

On population engagement with the EU, we joined during a good time and Europe was brought into our minds very clearly. We are living through the best times in our history. When talking to people in Ireland I have noticed that sometimes enlargement countries or the enlargement itself has not been as deeply recognised as we expect in some corners. I was surprised to see how much positive reaction the football matches between Ireland and Estonia brought. We are a very hospitable nation and we would like to see it happening again.