Martin and Markus Villig, the 2 brothers who personal the cell firm Bolt, have between them donated a complete of greater than 220,000 euros to Estonian political events in recent times.
The database of the Estonian Committee for the Supervision of the Financing of Political Events (ERJK) reveals that Martin Villig donated a complete of 136,082 euros to numerous political events between 2021 and 2023.
The most important share, EUR 57,021, was donated to Eesti 200. Martin Villig additionally donated EUR 42,520 to the Reform Social gathering and EUR 33,520 to the Social Democratic Social gathering (SDE).
Martin Villig additionally made smaller donations to Isamaa (€2,021) and Parempoolsed (€1,000).
Martin Villig’s brother Markus Villig additionally financially supported political events between 2021 and 2022, donating a complete of 85,084 euros.
He additionally contributed essentially the most to the Eesti 200 – a complete of €37,021. As well as, Markus Villig gave the Reform Social gathering a complete of €30,521. In the meantime, SDE acquired €15,521 from Markus Villig, whereas he donated €2,021 to Isamaa in 2021.
In line with a report printed by EurActiv final week, mobility firm Bolt has been aggressively lobbying and even provided to draft a letter on behalf of the Estonian authorities to oppose the EU directive on engaged on the platform.
Final October, when EU member states had been debating the introduction of latest working circumstances for platform employees, comparable to these in Bolt’s app, Bolt proposed a letter on behalf of Estonia to oppose a compromise textual content circulated by the then Spanish Presidency of the Council. of Europe, writes Euractiv.
The “place” proposed by Bolt got here by means of Sandra Sárava, Deputy Secretary-Common on the Ministry of Financial system and Communications, who forwarded the letter. Särav mentioned she didn’t want to deal with points associated to Bolt itself, however added that Estonian companies ought to be supported.
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