Government coalition policy
Session: 15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing
Date: 2025-02-12 14:17
Participating Politicians:
Total Speeches: 10
Membership: 15
Agenda Duration: 14m
AI Summaries: 10/10 Speeches (100.0%)
Analysis: Structured Analysis
Politicians Speaking Time
Politicians
Analysis
Summary
Structural overview: The Riigikogu discussed the government coalition's policy and energy policy as part of the second question. The discussion focused on the procedure, public availability, and transparency of calculations and assessments regarding the Climate Act and the development plan for the energy sector. The discussions highlighted internal disagreements within the coalition and concerns about the sustainability of the coalition’s health and cooperation, but no decisions were made in this round. Energy price forecasts, wind energy, and the coordination of cross-border projects were also addressed, emphasizing the need for parliamentary discussion and the inclusion of local interests.
Decisions Made 1
Decisions were not made; public calculations and reckonings are not currently part of the officially adopted decisions. Emphasis was placed on parliamentary discussion and ensuring transparency, but no concrete, rapid decisions or confirmations were made.
Most Active Speaker
The most active speaker was Helir-Valdor Seeder (pid Iov5Jop5kE4). He represented a right-wing perspective and actively presented attention and questions regarding coalition politics, emphasizing the parliament’s role in discussions and ensuring the transparency of calculations.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The chair, Lauri Hussar, informs that we are moving to the second question, posed by Riigikogu member Helir-Valdor Seeder, and it is a question addressed to Prime Minister Kristen Michal about the government coalition's policy.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Helir-Valdor Seeder criticizes the coalition's energy policy, which allocates billions of euros from taxpayers' and consumers' money and for which there are no public accounting records, and asks when Parliament will discuss the climate law and the energy economy development plan, and when their calculations will be published.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal said briefly that the parliament can discuss anything and request data; the government will advance energy policy in stages: first the special planning for nuclear energy, then a debate on the nuclear energy act and a decision on where a nuclear plant could be built, but its construction will take 10–15 years, so in the meantime energy prices must be lowered, increasing production mainly by means of onshore and offshore wind and solar energy, which the EKRE campaign has widely voiced opposition to; and the parliament's role is to pass the necessary laws and organize the procurement process, including the issue of offshore and onshore wind farms.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The chair thanks and gives Helir-Valdor Seeder the opportunity to ask a clarifying question.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Helir-Valdor Seeder expresses concern that the climate law and the development plan for the energy economy are not debated in Parliament as part of a polar game, and cross-border wind energy planning and its impact on local municipalities require better national coordination and assistance.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that the energy-price models were prepared by the Ministry of Climate in cooperation with Elering, Aurora, and TTÜ researchers, and they are being discussed in Parliament, emphasizing that renewable energy is the cheapest energy and that the aim is to keep the price low, while referring to 2024 data, where in Estonia the share of renewable electricity was about 55%, in Latvia about 72–73%, and in Lithuania about 77%, and if any specific park raises a cross-border issue, he will provide a written reply about it.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The chair thanked and gave his colleague Vadim Belobrovtsev the opportunity to pose an additional question.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
They ask the Prime Minister whether the coalition's health is in order, and request concrete evidence and an explanation of which events this would be based on to confirm it.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
In a democracy, the different parties that form the government and disagreements are a completely normal part of democracy; the coalition is currently in good health for springtime, albeit with a somewhat hoarse voice, but overall we can manage.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The chair thanks and closes the consideration of today's second question.