Minister: Attempt to reduce red tape not a dastardly plan to create more paperwork

Criticism from the Ministry of Economic Affairs regarding the government's plan to curb bureaucracy – claiming it would increase paperwork – is unfounded, Justice Minister Liisa Pakosta (Eesti 200) told ERR. According to Pakosta, the plan is necessary, among other reasons, to establish certain enforcement mechanisms for officials, as efforts to reduce bureaucracy on a voluntary basis have not been successful.