The Prime Minister's address for 2025 on the implementation of the long-term development strategy "Estonia 2035" (including an overview of the situation of research and development activities and the government's policy in this area).
Session: 15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
Date: 2025-03-11 12:01
Participating Politicians:
Total Speeches: 141
Membership: 15
Agenda Duration: 2h 45m
AI Summaries: 141/141 Speeches (100.0%)
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Summary
A key item on the agenda was the Prime Minister’s presentation on the implementation of the long-term development strategy "Estonia 2035" for 2025, including an overview of the situation regarding research and development activities and the government’s policy in that area. The aim of the presentation was to provide a broad picture of the directions for the economy, security, energy security, and the country's digital performance, and to discuss the sequential steps and possible solutions necessary for these key areas. The presenter was Prime Minister Kristen Michal. The plenary session included a presentation lasting up to 30 minutes, and members of the Riigikogu had the opportunity to ask one question, with discussions open to parliamentary factions.
Decisions Made 1
No specific decisions have been made. The meeting concluded without delay, and negotiations will continue; no official coalition or budget decisions were announced under this agenda item.
Most Active Speaker
The most active speaker: Tanel Kiik (63JvL6tKBQE) posed questions and comments together with other colleagues. He is a member of the Estonian Social Democratic Movement and his position is left-wing/left-leaning in Estonia.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Toomas Kivimägi brings today’s agenda to the forefront, focusing on the prime minister’s 2025 presentation on the implementation of the state’s long-term development strategy "Estonia 2035," including an overview of the state of science and research and development activities and government policy, which will be presented by Prime Minister Kristen Michal, followed by a speech of up to 30 minutes, one question for each member of the Riigikogu, open negotiations with the factions, and the prime minister will also have the opportunity to participate in this.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Kristen Michal presents a brief overview of Estonia's 2035 strategy, highlighting a high value-added economy, energy security and a diversified energy portfolio, a strong defense industry and efficient state governance together with reducing bureaucracy and greater investments in research and development and innovation, to ensure security, quality of life and competitiveness.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy speaker Toomas Kivimägi thanked the prime minister and invited Tanel Kiike to pose questions.
Tanel Kiik
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Tanel Kiik asks the prime minister whether the demographic crisis is a passing phenomenon or whether the government and parliament should deal with it so that the Estonian state and its people endure forever.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal emphasizes the importance of maintaining the population, highlights the role of the parental allowance as one of the best government decisions in history, and states that in the social sector there is a need for holistic analysis and for solutions for the welfare of families in the new government's program as well.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, invited Urmas Kruuse to speak.
Urmas Kruuse
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Kruuse stressed that the economy is recovering and that the biggest role lies with entrepreneurs who have adapted to crises, including the impact of Russia's aggression, and have found new ways of exporting and of dividing labor, and he asked how the state could help them going forward, while noting that appointing a Minister of Industry shows the importance of this issue.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that Estonian companies have adapted and found new markets, and exports have grown; the economic upturn is visible, and the decline of eastern transit trade and the raw materials market has affected this, but the state will open doors, develop industry (including the defense industry and high value-added production), and plans to abolish corporate income tax, reduce regulations, and simplify the process of applying for environmental permits in order to increase investment and exports.
Liina Kersna
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Liina Kersna notes that for a higher value-added economy Estonia needs more doctoral degrees, and points to Denmark and Germany as examples, which would mean about 400–450 doctoral degrees per year, and asks what more the state could do to cultivate a smarter workforce.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, invites Liina Kersna onto the stage.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that Estonia is moving in the right direction: companies value work requiring a science degree and innovation, the reform of doctoral studies will bring results, and funding has increased, which raises added value, and young people are directed toward research and development activities.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Urve Tiiduse to come and perform.
Urve Tiidus
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Urve Tiidus noted that the private sector's contribution to research and development activities has grown (2023: 1.08% of GDP, the public sector 0.76%), praised the record figures and asked whether and when Estonia would reach 2% of GDP in R&D expenditures.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Mihal said that between 2022 and 2023 expenditures on research and development rose by 9%, the private sector grew by 13%, the economic situation was difficult, and this shows that entrepreneurs understand where the key lies, and in the European Union we are currently 11th in terms of those same expenditures, with the public sector and emerging services helping companies to make their research and development activities more R&D-intensive.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asked Andre Hanimägil to share his thoughts now, so that all listeners could hear them.
Andre Hanimägi
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Andre Hanimägi asked the prime minister whether a system would be created in the Climate Ministry that would ultimately provide calculations about Estonia's energy needs and explain whether nuclear energy is necessary, taking into account the 2030 renewable energy consumption balance.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that the nuclear energy special planning and site selection will soon reach the government’s desk, and third-party opposition has delayed the decisions, but now economically rational decisions are being made on the issue of bringing in skilled workers, based on the OSKA report and Kutsekoda’s recommendations, which bring a smile to entrepreneurs and the public.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, asks Tõnis Lukas to speak.
Tõnis Lukas
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Tõnis Lukas emphasizes in the 2035 strategy the need to preserve Estonianness and culture and to maintain the share of Estonians, and addresses the involvement of foreign labor and skilled labor, including increasing the quota and exemptions (for example, the 1.5-times the average wage requirement).
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, thanks the audience.
Tõnis Lukas
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Tõnis Lukas argues that there is actually no need for extra pay, and accuses others of depressing wages and bringing in cheap labor.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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This is a short expression of thanks to a good colleague.
Tõnis Lukas
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
This speech deals with Estonian emigration and raises the question of how to stop Estonians from leaving if they do not want to work for low wages.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that Estonia will bring skilled workers into key roles with OSKA-based exemptions and avoid indiscriminate migration in order to increase the economy's added value and people's prosperity, without changing quotas.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, asks Andres Sutti to step forward and take the floor.
Andres Sutt
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Andres Sutt noted that the economy has moved upward and that export goods, services, the labor market and tourism are in good shape, but everyone has confidence that there is time to achieve it, and he stressed the importance of defence-themed issues and defence investments, asking whether member states are ready to invest in the development of the defence industry, what impact these investments would have on the European economy and what opportunities they would create for Estonian companies, and whether the willingness of member states to contribute will increase.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that the European Union summit focused on the growth of defense capability, and many countries increase defense spending; Estonia aims for 5% of GDP, and this will boost the economy and develop a high-tech defense industry and innovation.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
At the beginning of the speech, Margit Sutrop is invited onto the stage.
Margit Sutrop
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Margit Sutrop emphasizes that we must maximize the use of the European Union's 200-billion-euro AI funding to develop Estonia's economy and the Estonian-language artificial intelligence, but she gave an example from MindTitan, where the bureaucracy of medium- and large-scale projects makes the implementation of projects worth 40,000–100,000 euros difficult, although smaller projects are manageable and for larger ones there is EIS support available.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Toomas Kivimägi expressed his gratitude.
Margit Sutrop
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Sutrop notes that there is little strength, and asks for ideas to increase it so that Estonian companies would use more artificial intelligence.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that with widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, Estonia's GDP could grow by about 3 billion euros, or eight percent, and to realize this, ambition must be increased and unnecessary regulations and bureaucracy reduced, because only the creativity of free citizens and entrepreneurs is capable of producing greater value-added — that is the principle of liberalism.
Irja Lutsar
Profiling Eesti 200 fraktsioonAI Summary
Irja Lutsar said that Estonia's only option is a knowledge-based state, and surplus scientists from the United States could be invited to Estonia to develop science without changing doctoral education, and she asked the government to be prepared for the relevant programs.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The speech is a brief plea to invite Irja Lutsar.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that Estonia will implement various programs to increase the scale of science and innovation and to attract brains and qualified labor, and he highlighted the need to strengthen ties between scientists and companies, adding humorously at the end that if EKREIKE returns, a scientist may start looking for a third country.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, addresses Mario Kadastik and asks him for something.
Mario Kadastik
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Mario Kadastik expressed concern that science funding leans too heavily toward applied sciences, and basic sciences and their foundational base are at risk; therefore he calls for developing ideas and plans to preserve them.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
The Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that it is a fairly field-specific topic of debate; the share of basic sciences is not intended to be reduced, and the discussion on funding for that field will have to continue in the future.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, invited Andrus Seeme to speak.
Andrus Seeme
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Andrus Seeme pointed out that Estonia's goal by 2030 is to produce as much renewable energy as it consumes, and asked whether this ambition is achievable and whether we are moving at a sufficient pace.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that the goal is to move toward cleaner and cheaper energy, to increase the share of renewable energy, and to ensure cost-effectiveness and security of supply, although the exact 2030 target may not be met, and if necessary it will be shifted to 2035–2040, because in the energy economy one should prioritize as controllable and affordable energy as possible.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Tiit Marani to speak.
Tiit Maran
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Tiit Maran thanks for the cooperation, but asks critically how Estonia's environmental policy has changed — the former maxim "the economy must stay within the limits of nature" and a smaller environmental footprint as a competitive advantage are being replaced by the ideas of simplifying nature protection and abolishing the Estonian Environment Agency — and asks what Estonia's environmental policy consists of.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
The prime minister thanked them for the cooperation and stated that both the simplification of nature-conservation rules and solutions with as little bureaucracy as possible are beneficial for both the economy and nature, because a smaller environmental footprint is a competitive advantage, and cleaner energy is cheaper and export capacity is greater when a compromise between forest protection and management is reached.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, asks Mait Klaassen to speak.
Mait Klaassen
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Mait Klaassen emphasizes that an educated populace is a prerequisite for the country's development, and asks how much funding for higher education has been cut in the difficult economic climate, which was supposed to be about 15% per year for four years, and what the new government's plan is for higher education.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal confirmed that the new government is in office, and within two to three weeks the new ministers and the new program will be presented to the public and to the president, involving questioners and sector experts, and the details and budgetary nuances will be discussed during the budget preparation.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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This is simply a prayer addressed to Anti Allas.
Anti Allas
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Anti Allas asks whether the salaries of university lecturers and researchers in Estonia are adequate and sustainable, so that young people would want to pursue this career and contribute to the economy in the future.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that in the future science and development will be of key importance, and young people will see their future there, which is confirmed by the growth in the number of R&D workers from 2,100 in 2017 to over 4,524 by 2023, and by the rise in the average gross salary.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman Toomas Kivimägi presents a short prayer directed toward Anti Poolametsa.
Anti Poolamets
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Anti Poolamets asks the Prime Minister how he views the Education and Science Minister's stance on the treatment of social gender taught in schools, and how many different gender terms there are, and what biological sex is.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal criticizes representatives of conservative worldviews for their constant going to the bedroom as peculiar, notes that this topic touches too little on research and development activities, and suggests turning to the Minister of Education on matters of school education.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Züleyxa Izmailova to speak.
Züleyxa Izmailova
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Züleyxa Izmailova emphasizes that although reducing bureaucracy is welcome, the necessary rules must be preserved for defense and security, and she points out that the key minister in the ruling government, who has been appointed to replace the defence minister, lacks NATO security clearance, which Finance Minister Ligi regards as too complex and terrifying bureaucracy, and asks whether you share her position and what the next steps are in this regard.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal promised a radical reduction of bureaucracy, recalled the zero-bureaucracy project carried out in 2015–2016 and a plan to create a group of entrepreneurs to improve efficiency in various sectors, and noted that NATO rules must be followed and the finance minister will have the forms ready soon.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The speech is merely a plea to invite Riina Solman to perform.
Riina Solman
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Riina Solman criticizes the government for tax increases that burden families and pensioners, emphasizes the close link between the social sciences and the economy, and directly asks whether the Reform Party intends to end the indexing of the average pension and whether this has been discussed with local governments.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Toomas Kivimägi gives thanks.
Riina Solman
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Riina Solman says that without their support she would not have been given a voice.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal says he does not support pension cuts or ending indexation, condemns Isamaa's plan to dismantle the second pension pillar as a grave misdeed against the future, and warns that the country's future spending would have to be financed, and this would cause problems over the coming decades.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invites Vladimir Arhipov onto the stage.
Vladimir Arhipov
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Vladimir Arhipov notes that the government has changed its tax policy, and this is a good step for him, but he asks how much it will cost (about 250 million euros) and what accompanies the removal of the tax burden, which together amounts to over half a billion euros, and what the future of their tax policy will be and whether relief is planned for the people.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that the abolition of corporate income tax and the personal income tax charged on the first euro, and raising the tax-free minimum at the start of 2026, will put significantly more money in people’s pockets and stimulate investments.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, turns to Jaak Aab and asks him.
AI Summary
Jaak Aab asks how to speed up the processing of the energy sector development plan draft and take concrete steps to increase renewable energy and dispatchable capacities, in order to improve competitiveness and address the shortage of electricity capacity, referring to the wind turbines' opposition and the roughly 3 TWh shortfall that occurred last year.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal confirmed that Estonia will ensure energy security and diversification through Elering's 500 MW procurement, the rapid deployment of the Kiisa power plant, the reserve of oil shale power plants, and the development of onshore wind energy, the site-specific planning of a nuclear power plant, and the deployment of long-term purchase agreements (PPAs), relying on the principles of the EU's Clean Industry communications and the EIB guarantee, and expanding connections with Latvia and Finland.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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This speech is simply a prayer to Toomas Uibo.
Toomas Uibo
Profiling Eesti 200 fraktsioonAI Summary
Toomas Uibo discussed energy policy, emphasizing market-based solutions in energy storage and technology-neutral support mechanisms, and raised concerns about onshore wind farms, where the lack of cooperation between municipalities and noise-related problems for residents require solutions and assistance.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal stressed that if the market is functioning, there must be no intervention, but one should listen to local people's real concerns about wind turbines, distinguish them from genuine concerns and political demonstrations, and find scientific solutions and measurements, because if a concern cannot be resolved, decisions must not be made.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invites Jüri Jaanson to speak.
Jüri Jaanson
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Jüri Jaanson thanked everyone for the presentation, stressed that success in different sectors is based on economic growth and a sense of security, and gave examples of increases in births and in sports, and noted that the government has launched the Economic Cabinet to improve the efficiency of economic development, and asked about its work and added value.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal explains that the Economic Cabinet, as a whole-of-government cooperation format, is a deliberation and decision-making mechanism whose aim is to simplify people's lives and improve the business environment, and although some goals have not yet been achieved, he hopes that the government reform will now bring concrete decisions.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Kersti Sarapuu.
Kersti Sarapuu
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Kersti Sarapuu stressed the importance of healthcare and the distribution of European funds, and pointed out that Ida-Viru and Lääne-Viru counties will receive investments and Southern Estonia is showing development, but Central Estonia remains the poor relation, and she asked how this region could become wealthier, not only through wind farms.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
For Ida-Virumaa and Southeast Estonia, a separate development strategy has been created, and 40% of foreign investments will be directed away from the vicinity of Tallinn and Tartu centers in order to create new employment opportunities and to avoid excessive concentration in the centers, but its implementation depends on the joint initiative of the region's drivers and entrepreneurs.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Hele Everaus to speak.
Hele Everaus
AI Summary
They highlighted that the European Commission's autumn semester packages tie fiscal and economic policy to human capital and social development strategies, and Estonia belonged to the group of six countries with the greatest risk factors, whose situation was reassessed in the hope that governments would take action and actually do something.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, thanks everyone.
Hele Everaus
AI Summary
One of the main difficulties has been that Estonia is at the top of the European Union in terms of the inaccessibility of healthcare, and people are asking whether the government has discussed these healthcare packages and their results, and how they plan to proceed.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal notes that in healthcare the system is cost-efficient, but there is a major downside ahead, and with growing needs and an aging population one must seek solutions through additional funding or through the integration of services, in line with the European Commission's country-specific recommendations.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The speech begins with Priit Sibul's invitation.
Priit Sibul
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Priit Sibul thanked the leaders and the prime minister, expressed hope of implementing a right-wing policy, and posed two questions: about exemptions for skilled workers and bringing in foreign labor, and about promoting Estonia's defense industry and the 100-million investment intended to aid Ukraine, asking what progress has been made, how many procurements have been announced, and how many Estonian defense-industry companies have received work.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal said, based on the OSKA report, about specific sectors such as a bench operator in the wood industry and a food technologist, where the salary is about 1,000–2,500 euros, and added that the Ministry of Defence is compiling a full list of products Ukraine needs, and the cabinet will decide quickly that these products and services will be provided to Ukraine for the fight for freedom as soon as possible.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Now it's Andres Metsoja's turn, the one named by the prime minister.
Andres Metsoja
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Andres Metsoja raises a concern that regional rulers may dictate life and business at the local level, and that the regional steering of public transport organization and county development centers raises the question of whether this is in line with Estonia's long-term strategy or whether it was merely an expression of ideas and confusion from the previous coalition.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that the institutions are likely regionally organized and that it would be sensible to streamline the management level to avoid duplicating the same work, and he admitted that the competitions for regional representatives had remained distant to him and may be cancelled upon the arrival of a new minister, therefore announcements should be monitored.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Urmas Reinsalu to take the floor.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu calls on the prime minister, in light of the critical assessment made over the last eight months, to reflect on why Estonia has fallen into a trust crisis and why the three-party ministers' consensus assessment that the government has been indecisive and directionless, that security issues have remained unresolved, and that economic policy has been hostile to the economy, has been so devastating over the past eight months.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal acknowledged that Estonia's 2035 confidence indicators show that Estonia is at the forefront of security among OECD countries and that people feel secure, but there are disagreements in the government regarding policy and spending, and although cooperation has been achieved, further steps must be taken in such a way that they also meet the expectations of the Isamaa electorate.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invites Maido Ruusmann to take the floor.
Maido Ruusmann
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Maido Ruusmann emphasized that economic growth is important, but the development of investments and entrepreneurship is uneven across Estonia, especially in South-East Estonia, and he asked for ideas and measures that the central government, the Riigikogu, and local governments and development centers could implement to stimulate investment and entrepreneurship outside the growth centers.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that to improve the business environment the profit tax will be abolished, regulations will be simplified, and investments will be made in infrastructure to create more jobs across Estonia, and companies will be invited to submit proposals.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Peeter Tali to take the floor.
Peeter Tali
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Peeter Tali stressed that one should learn from the experiences of Israel and South Korea how to deter the opponent and, if necessary, strike hard with unconventional solutions, technology and a ferocious will to defend, and he asked how Estonia's ingenuity could be put to the defense of the Estonian state.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that Estonia must strengthen its defense industry and an innovation-based economy, invest in a defense investment fund and in lethal technology, and use the experience of Israel and South Korea to create a foundation for the future that will ensure the security of homes and businesses and also benefit civil society.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invites Madis Timpson onto the stage.
Madis Timpson
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Madis Timpson emphasized Central Estonia's positive support and recalled the 2015 initiative "zero bureaucracy" as an important journey, asking whether its future arrangement would remain under the direct authority of the Prime Minister or be handed over to some ministry, and what the plans are.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
In the coming weeks, a group of entrepreneurs and a council will be formed at the Prime Minister's Office, where representatives from various sectors will participate, who will assess the state's reporting requirements and the execution of controls, in order to make the state more efficient, reduce bureaucracy and automate datasets, using risk-based controls under the coordination of the State Chancellery.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, invites Mart Maastik onto the stage.
Mart Maastik
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Maastik notes that the government is in crisis and the Reform Party always blames others, and asks who will take the blame at the next report when a new coalition with Eesti 200 is formed, and whether the Reform Party will sometimes find faults themselves or blame Eesti 200.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that the Reform Party is busy fixing mistakes, plans to abolish corporate profit tax and reduce personal income tax, and hopes for Isamaa's backing, but does not dream of an EKRE government.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Helmen Kütti to speak.
Helmen Kütt
Profiling Sotsiaaldemokraatliku Erakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Helmen Kütt proposed forming a commission under the Prime Minister's Office to address a demographic crisis, in order to raise awareness and coordinate the work of the various ministries to tackle the decline in birth rates.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
Prime Minister Kristen Michal said that the government has formed a government-level commission to address the demographic crisis, and the best solutions should be found by improving economic security and flexible working conditions and through better balancing of family and work life, while being ready to listen to ideas.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Helir-Valdor Seeder to come onto the stage.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Helir-Valdor Seeder criticized the current government for creating confusion and disorder and asked whether we have to endure it until 2035 or can we get rid of it sooner.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
AI Summary
He announced that as of today we have a smaller government and everything is getting better.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Toomas Kivimägi thanked the prime minister for the lengthy presentation and thorough answers, noting that most of the questions were good, declared the round of questions closed and opened negotiations, and on behalf of the Social Democratic Party faction, Tanel Kiik asked for the floor.
Tanel Kiik
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Tanel Kiik asks for three minutes of extra time.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The focus of the speech is eight minutes.
Tanel Kiik
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Tanel Kiik criticizes the prime minister's strategy proposal, which lacked proposals to address the demographic crisis, inequality, and health problems, emphasizing the need for socially responsible policy.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-chairman Arvo Aller thanks and, on behalf of the EKRE faction, asks to give the floor to Anti Poolamets.
Anti Poolamets
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Anti Poolamets accuses the government of a socialist subsidized economy and of implementing Leninist energy projects, and of promoting woo-woo sciences and fake climate science, and calls on Estonians to defend science and children and stand against their influences.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The deputy chairman Arvo Aller asked for three more minutes.
Anti Poolamets
Profiling Eesti Konservatiivse Rahvaerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Anti Poolamets criticizes climate alarmism and bureaucracy as political tools that undermine the energy system and the economy, and calls for room to be made for rational science, applied and exact sciences, and for the protection of Estonian schools and children, fighting against the idea of banning stove heating by 2027.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The deputy speaker thanks the audience, and next up is Urmas Reinsalu from the Isamaa faction.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu asks the chair for three minutes of extra time.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
They asked for three more minutes.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu said that Estonia is currently experiencing a crisis of trust, he accused the government of leadership incapacity and of failures in economic and energy policy and in failing to keep promises, and he called on the prime minister to resign, offering as the opposition plans to restore trust and to find a path that takes the interests of society into account.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
In the speech, it is said that the audience's time has come and that it is time to act.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu emphasizes that Estonia must not be a testing ground for bad policy, and that is an honest diagnosis.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The deputy speaker thanked the presenter and, on behalf of the Reform Party faction, gave the floor to Margit Sutrop.
Margit Sutrop
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Margit Sutrop emphasized that although science and higher education are government priorities and the budget shows growth, four main directions are needed – better use of European Union funds, reducing project-based funding, making science and development governance more precise and more oriented toward collaboration, and shaping a legal framework that ensures academic freedom and university autonomy – to address the risk of pseudoscience and to create knowledge-intensive companies.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Arvo Aller asks for three more minutes.
Margit Sutrop
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Margit Sutrop emphasizes that although the growth of funding for higher education up to 2026 is a step in the right direction, a holistic arrangement is needed: strong base funding, less project-based funding, clear inter-ministerial coordination, and an improved regulatory framework for funding allocation and data use, in order to stimulate the private sector and inter-university collaboration and to reach 500 deep-tech companies by 2030, including the adaptation of the anti-corruption law.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The presenter was thanked, and next to speak on behalf of the Eesti 200 faction will be Igor Taro.
Igor Taro
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Igor Taro said that for Eesti 200 the central objective is to save money by cutting costs and increasing revenue through deregulation and simplification, investments in research and development above 1% of GDP, and greater economic ambition and competitiveness, increasing the viability of rural areas and the forestry sector, and a balanced energy policy that includes both the deployment of renewable energy and the possibility of using nuclear energy.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Arvo Aller asked for three more minutes.
Igor Taro
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Igor Taro confirmed that the Riigikogu will implement the nuclear energy decision, promote security and the development of the defense industry, and at the same time reduce bureaucracy and develop digital services, believing that economic growth will underpin better welfare for the entire society.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-chairman Arvo Aller thanked the presenter, Urmas Reinsalu's name was mentioned, and he was given the opportunity to respond, and an apology was offered to the Centre Party.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu said that the project of a personal state has been shelved, and Isamaa must not be a rubber-stamp for Reformierakonna policy; instead, in opposition he wishes to achieve more and has presented an alternative budget, emphasizing that trust also means staying true to one's own positions, and Isamaa is prepared to be demanding on security issues, benevolent, and to uphold a clearly defined political culture.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Unfortunately, the content of the speech that has been presented is very short ('Thank you! A response speech …'), therefore it is not possible to compile a reliable summary.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu emphasizes that this is an important line of thought, and asks Mr. Aller whether he has understood it.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The vice-chair finished his speech because Lauri Laats, who was waiting in line on behalf of the Estonian Centre Party faction, asked for three more minutes.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Lauri Laats claims that the current government has worsened the difficulties of people's lives with taxes and rising prices and has caused a crisis in democracy, governance and demography, which is why he demands extraordinary elections and the resignation of the prime minister.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The central message of the speech is: now is your time to act.
Lauri Laats
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
The prime minister now has the opportunity to implement it, thank you.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The factions' speeches have ended, and the prime minister now has the opportunity to speak.
Peaminister Kristen Michal
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Prime Minister Kristen Michal confirmed that R&D and Estonia's future are in order, criticized the opposition's careless talk about the political climate and politics, and said that the only thing missing is the organization of tram traffic, stressed the reality of the cuts, and suggested reading the content beyond the headlines, referring to Raimo Poom's article and to Reinsalu.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The deputy chairman thanked and announced that there are no more requests to speak, the negotiations have ended, and the session has ended; we will meet tomorrow.