The Minister of Finance's 2025 presentation on the implementation of the state's long-term strategy "Estonia 2035" (including an overview of the development directions of the public service in 2024)
Session: 15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
Date: 2025-05-06 13:08
Participating Politicians:
Total Speeches: 115
Membership: 15
Agenda Duration: 2h 24m
AI Summaries: 115/115 Speeches (100.0%)
Analysis: Structured Analysis
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Summary
The focus of this agenda was the Minister of Finance’s presentation on the implementation of the state’s long-term strategy “Estonia 2035” for 2025, and an overview of the development of the public service in 2024. The purpose of the presentation was a consolidated description of the situation, reforms, and investments for various sectors, and a discussion in the Riigikogu regarding the decisions and priorities accordingly. In addition, the topics of economic, security, climate, tax, and budget policy, as well as the transparency of state governance, including financial literacy, the pension system, and the future of the second pillar, were addressed.
Several factions were represented in the debate, and faction leaders raised questions about the use of ReArm and EU funds, state structural changes, and the tax structure. Ultimately, a vote took place regarding the accumulation of bank taxes and other expenses, and a decision was made to extend the session to continue negotiations and discussions until the agenda was exhausted.
Decisions Made 1
The Riigikogu took up a proposal to extend today's sitting until the agenda is exhausted, but no later than 2:00 PM. The result of the vote was 47 in favor, 0 against, and 0 abstentions. This is a collegial decision in which no individual person has been designated as a representative.
Most Active Speaker
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart (pid="_982niXL9oQ") was one of the most active speakers throughout the day; her participation seemed focused on the independence of public service, democracy and threats, and the protection of the state's interests among multiple parties. Her position was "other" (neither left nor right), referring to a broader discussion concerning the state as a whole and the protection of civil service independence, regardless of political influences.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The second item on the Riigikogu's agenda will include the 2025 report by Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi on the implementation of the state's long-term strategy "Estonia 2035" and an overview of the development directions of the public service in 2024, followed by up to 30 minutes of presentation time, with one question for each participant, and then negotiations with the participation of the factions and the minister.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Jürgen Ligi presents the 2024 overview of the public service — its size, salary and training requirements, labor mobility, and the strengthening of the shared services center — and connects these to the implementation of Estonia's 2035 strategy to ensure security, sustainability, and competitiveness.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi thanks the audience and announces that it is time for questions; the person who will answer the questions is Mart Võrklaev, who has experience as finance minister.
Mart Võrklaev
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Mart Võrklaev pointed out that EU funds in the current period are 73% committed and 14% disbursed, which helps carry out reforms and stimulate the economy, praised the work of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of the Interior, and at the same time asked about ReArm whether there are advances or new information, and how much of the EU funds we could use to cover defense expenditures.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Jürgen Ligi emphasized that the division of ministries is far too simplified, and the Ministry of Finance is certainly the most substantive ministry, and within the framework of ReArm it is planned to direct structural funds to the security sector, hoping for agreements, although the results are not yet clear and work must continue.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi will next introduce Urmas Kruuse, who has experience in leading the Ministry of Expenditure, and he promises that today he will not pun anymore.
Urmas Kruuse
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Urmas Kruuse stressed the importance of financial literacy and its inclusion in school curricula, referred to the Bank of Estonia's analysis of the consequences of the second pension pillar reforms, and noted that transferring money accumulated in the second pillar to an heir has become more flexible, and asked what the future outlook could be for increasing flexibility, and regarding two public proposals—the allowance for those who have left to rejoin earlier than ten years and the restoration of the mandatory portion.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi notes that conservatism in Estonia and internationally supports an unsustainable policy and plans the restoration of the second pillar of funded pensions, which is set out in the coalition agreement, and whose exact path and questions remain unresolved.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvarti to perform.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
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They warn that increasing civil servants' salaries may bind civil servants' loyalty to a particular liberal political direction and be dangerous to democracy if, in the future, a conservative party comes to power and the civil servants do not carry out this policy.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The vice-speaker Toomas Kivimägi thanks the audience.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
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Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart emphasizes that officials must be independent.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Toomas Kivimägi thanks Anastasia.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
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They emphasize that people must be independent from politics in general and also from the Reform Party's politics.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, presents a brief expression of gratitude.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
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Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart asks the audience whether they agree.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Jürgen Ligi emphasizes that liberal democracy is a free social order guaranteed by the constitutions of Estonia and the West, based on independent institutions and on broad-based consensus among liberals, conservatives, and social democrats, and that it must not be regarded as the privilege of a single party.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Jaak Valge onto the stage.
Jaak Valge
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Jaak Valge points out that the expected growth in productivity and international competitiveness from Estonia's 2035 strategy has not materialized – in 2023 productivity was only 78% of the European Union average (84% in 2021) and international competitiveness fell to 33rd place last year –, and he calls on the government to undertake a statesmanlike diagnosis and explain why this has happened.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Jürgen Ligi emphasizes that liberal democracy is the free organization of society, and he does not defend liberalism ideologically, but works on substantive and conceptual questions, and although Estonia has increased its wealth, labor productivity and the export structure pose challenges, and the 110% target is utopian.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi says that he breaks his own principle, believes that Anastassia's question is more of a rebuttal speech, takes a risk and hopes that it is directed at the chair of the meeting, and asks Anastassia to speak.
Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
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He clarified that the emphasis of his question was on liberal politics, not on the finance minister's criticism of conservative parties regarding their rejection of the fundamental principles of the constitutional order and democracy, and that in this context it is inappropriate and the question touched on something entirely different.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi admitted that the question was very concrete, but also contained a worldview perspective that gave the respondent the opportunity to address the topic more broadly, and asked Vladimir Arhipov to respond.
Vladimir Arhipov
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Vladimir Arhipov asks the minister how, in the long-term strategy, the growing number of pensioners and the decline in real pensions, as well as the impact of price increases, are taken into account, and how the dignified old age of a vulnerable social group is ensured in the long term.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Jürgen Ligi notes that real pensions have increased year by year and continue to grow—often faster than real wages—which increases people's purchasing power, but the situation of pensioners is worse than that of wage earners, and correcting the system's flaws is necessary, not cutting pensions.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Deputy Speaker Toomas Kivimägi asked Peeter Ernits to take the floor.
Peeter Ernits
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Peeter Ernits comments on Jüri Raidla's proposal to, following the Dutch example, lay off a quarter of civil servants, and on the idea of two public hearings to ensure ministers' competence, and stresses that responsibility shifts from the party to the prime ministerial candidate and finally to Kadriorg.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Jürgen Ligi emphasizes that the size of the public sector and the Riigikogu must not be based on populist claims, and the dissolution of one third of the Riigikogu would be a great loss for democracy, while at the same time he stresses the importance of the actual costs of the civil service and the state's sector-specific knowledge.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, turns to Urve Tiiduse and asks her.
Urve Tiidus
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Urve Tiidus asks how the 2030 forecasts of the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence and smart robots will affect public service.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi says that artificial intelligence is already an aide in state affairs, but due to the state's credibility and human nature there is a need for people's thoughts and a critical attitude toward the impact of AI, including criticism of AI-generated speeches prepared by colleagues.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
This is an appeal to Madis Timpson.
Madis Timpson
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They ask the minister whether there is a plan to move remote-work positions and public sector jobs to regions outside Tallinn and Tartu, and which jobs and how many of them are planned to be moved in the future to Võru and Lääne-Viru counties.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi notes that remote work has already become an entrenched practice and that even top executives work remotely, but human contact is still necessary; therefore the public sector should not be spread too thinly, and it is necessary to decide which jobs require more contact and how the sector can adapt quickly.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi said that he would take up a procedural question from Helle-Moonika Helme, but he would not participate in further rounds of questions and answers.
Helle-Moonika Helme
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Helle-Moonika Helme asks whether the chair of the session must defend all worldviews and the worldviews of the parties elected by the Riigikogu in accordance with the Constitution, and asks by what authority Minister Ligi may, on arbitrary grounds, set the worldviews of a large portion of Riigikogu members and the people they have elected.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Vice-Chairman Toomas Kivimägi said that he does not prefer one worldview to another, and that a worldview is not a sin, because every member of the Riigikogu and a minister has their own worldview, and that should be understood, not blamed on anyone.
Maria Jufereva-Skuratovski
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They note that the Bank of Estonia estimates economic growth up to 1.5%, while the Ministry of Finance estimates up to 2.5%, and they ask which forecast is more likely and which factors could have the greatest impact on economic growth.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Entrepreneurial and adaptable Estonia has, despite the war and uncertain economic forecasts, maintained an economy operating under a liberal-democratic constitution and shown good growth potential.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi asks Anti Poolametsa to come.
Anti Poolamets
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Anti Poolamets criticizes officials who keep the quality of the state afloat regardless of which sheep are elected to the Riigikogu and placed in the government, notes the influence of democracy's moods on the quality of governance in the country, and asks what options there are to defend democracy from members of the Riigikogu and ministers, and how the Trump and Ratas administrations destroyed democracy.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
In the Riigikogu, Jürgen Ligi warned that political interference in the civil service and the undermining of the independence of the courts, as well as influencing the media, threaten the state's stability and liberal democracy, recalling the authoritarianism associated with Russia.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Vice-Chairman Toomas Kivimägi invites Tanel Kiik to speak.
Tanel Kiik
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Tanel Kiik asked about Estonian consumer confidence, noting that it is significantly lower than in neighboring countries and that inequality is growing, and asked about the government's concrete steps to reduce this gap.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi said that to cover the increasing expenditures caused by the country's war, tax policy measures must be taken, including raising the tax-free minimum to boost confidence, but inflation expectations are a psychological phenomenon, and the Estonian economy is improving mainly due to the rise in pensions and the fall of the Euribor, which means that we should focus on increasing revenues and grumbling less about prices.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, made only one request: to give Allas the floor.
Anti Allas
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Anti Allas raised in his speech the state's structural deficit and a vulnerable pension system, and noted that costs are rising due to the war, and asked why the Reform Party does not implement a fair income tax and leaves a larger share of the burden on the poor through the value-added tax.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi stated that the classic and fair tax system will be protected; for the coming year the tax-free minimum will be restored to 700 euros — to as high a level as ever — in order to help the poorer and not to dampen economic growth, while emphasising that Estonia’s tax system has become more competitive for ten years running and must continue to be protected, even though a budget shortfall is real and people’s attitude is that they do not want to pay taxes.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Andre Hanimägi onto the stage.
Andre Hanimägi
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Andre Hanimägi stated that the planned income tax reform will certainly put more money in people's hands, but will increase the state budget expenditure, and asked about the coalition's broader cuts, whom they affect, and requested a brief overview of public-sector savings and milestones.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Summary: although implementing coalition agreements takes time, the goal is to keep society together and reduce the state's share in the economy, to halt automatic increases, and to continue sectoral reviews by ministries and spending cuts.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
This is simply a request to invite Arvo Aller to speak.
Arvo Aller
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Arvo Aller criticizes that there is no climate theme on the economic and climate slides, and asks the Revenue Minister whether 2.6 billion for wind farms will stay on the revenue side or on the expense side in the current revenue strategy.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi said that wind turbines are an off-budget phenomenon, and that for large renewable energy investments price mechanisms are needed to overcome reluctance and to ensure that in the future fossil fuels are phased out and high prices are avoided.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Helle-Moonika Helme onto the stage.
Helle-Moonika Helme
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Helle-Moonika Helme accuses the government in a speech of dictatorship under the cover of democracy, points to the low receipts from the car tax and other taxes, and finally asks whether, if the forecasts are not met, the people or the government are to blame.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi said that Parliament had adopted the car tax with a deliberate expectation that at the start of the year there would be a downturn in car purchases and, at the end of the year, a boom, and that the tax would sooner or later begin to be collected steadily. The aim is to curb car ownership and influence consumption.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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The deputy chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Vadim Belobrovtsev to speak.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev notes that Swedbank has revised its economic forecast downward, the situation in neighboring countries isn't very rosy, and due to global tensions Estonia's economic growth has slowed, and we are the leader in price increases among the Baltic Sea countries. Swedbank forecasts inflation at about 5% and the Bank of Estonia about 6%, and he asks how all of this will affect the people of Estonia, especially those with lower incomes.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi noted that a 6% inflation is not forecast and inflation could be higher, because our economy is strongly affected by external factors – primarily a tariff war, as well as demand from the Nordic countries and the kroon's exchange rate.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi turns to Jaak Aab and says "please".
AI Summary
Jaak Aab asks whether, in budget negotiations, a proposal to raise civil servants' salaries will be presented, taking into account wage growth, the increase in labor turnover, and the unsustainability of freezing the public sector.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi said that cuts to payroll funds mean a reduction in the overall size, in the first year the reduction is larger and subsequent reductions are smaller, and although the security situation forces defense spending to rise quickly, this is not sustainable unless taxes rise significantly, which raises concerns about the sustainability of the public service.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
This is a short speech that is simply a prayer directed toward Andrus Seeme.
Andrus Seeme
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Andrus Seeme said that due to the security situation, state budget expenditures have risen significantly, and due to the security tax law the tax burden this year is about 36.7%, and he asked how this burden stands in comparison with other European Union countries.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi said that the European tax burden is high and their aim is to reduce it and to ease the burden of the security tax, and at the next government meeting a tax bill is expected, by which the corporate profits tax will be abolished and from the first euro the taxation of income will be canceled.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The speaker invites Aivar Sõerd to come forward and asks him to take the floor.
Aivar Sõerd
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Aivar Sõerd returned to the issue of labor productivity, comparing it with the European Union average, noting that this indicator is not under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance but under the Ministry of Economic Affairs. He emphasized the importance of the investment climate and how much companies are willing to invest in productive technologies, and reminded that the last assessment was a year ago and we are 110% away from the EU average target.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
This speech was simply an expression of gratitude.
Aivar Sõerd
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They ask whether a year from now we will be getting closer to the Ministry of Finance's indicator or have moved away from it.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi said that EU funds are not a measure of his productivity, and measuring productivity is difficult and does not reflect a technological upheaval, although we have rapidly risen in nominal wealth, this is one of his weak points that requires better and more analytical responses from the economy minister.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
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Vice-Chairman Toomas Kivimägi invites Henn Põlluaas to speak.
Henn Põlluaas
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Henn Põlluaas emphasizes the need for large defense spending due to Russia's aggression and threats, and asks how the necessary funds will be found, whether tax increases lie ahead, and whether these expenditures will affect the long-term development strategy.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi said that the growth of defense spending is unsustainable and that taxes will have to be raised in the future, but the implementation of European security plans and a shift in U.S. policy could reduce Estonia's budgetary pressure and enable a peaceful transformation of European defense along Estonia's border.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi invited Mart Maastik to the podium.
Mart Maastik
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Mart Maastik accuses the minister of defending bureaucracy, highlights demographic challenges and the impact of the green transition on competitiveness, and asks how the country can be sustained in a sustainable manner without reducing bureaucracy.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi said that there are about 22,000 public servants in Estonia (2,500 in the ministries), and they are not the main burden on the state budget; the biggest costs arise from structural policy, and although the state is small, civil servants are necessary and their number is not the largest part of state expenditures.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman Toomas Kivimägi turns to Ants Froschi and says "please."
Ants Frosch
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Ants Frosch asks whether progress has been made in changing the nomenclature of Estonia's statistical territorial division, the aim of which would be to differentiate a large part of Estonia in the interests of Tallinn and Harju County, and thereby support rural areas and regional development from the European Union's regional development funds, and whether the ministry has continued to pursue this.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi said that Estonia must not divide EU funds into two regions, and that reforms and investments must cover the whole of Estonia, not be pushed aside by Tallinn, because the benefit should be per person.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The vice-chairman, Toomas Kivimägi, invited Urmas Reinsalu to speak.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu asked the Finance Minister to clarify the government coalition's pledge to reduce the personnel and costs of state agencies by one fifth during 2025–2026, asking whether 'ametid' refers to offices and agencies and inspections in the legal sense, whether this would mean about 4,000 layoffs out of around 20,000 employees, whether the cost-cutting would cover only operating costs or the entire agencies' budgets, how this would work for the police and border guard, and when the implementation could take place.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi states that he does not support the phrases about drastic cuts contained in the coalition agreement and prefers a selectively implemented structural reform, and in practice takes into account the growing public sector workforce, especially in health care and education, therefore cuts should not be made mechanically.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
The speech contains a prayer to invite Andres Metsojat to perform.
Andres Metsoja
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Andres Metsoja says that the IMF's message concerns car tax, property tax, and the share of public sector wages, and emphasizes the need to reduce bureaucracy, while asking, at the same time, what a real-world fiscal plan and forecast would look like.
Rahandusminister Jürgen Ligi
AI Summary
Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi said that bureaucracy does not stem from an army of officials or from the burden of salaries, but from the volume of regulations and reporting, and reducing it requires substantive cooperation with officials and the removal of restrictions, not the layoff of officials.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi thanked the minister, stated that he had no further questions, and directed the question to the chair of the meeting, Helle-Moonika Helme.
Helle-Moonika Helme
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Helle-Moonika Helme asked whether reading from paper is acceptable or insulting, and whether ministers should in the future recite all the material from memory, stressing that these are civil servants' thoughts, not the ministers' own, and asking for the chair's opinion.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
Toomas Kivimägi emphasized that Riigikogu members have the right to submit questions either in writing or from memory, and that ministers are able to answer either way, and he called for a vote on the Reformierakonna faction's proposal to extend the sitting until the agenda is exhausted, but not later than 2:00 p.m.
Aseesimees Toomas Kivimägi
AI Summary
47 members of the Riigikogu voted in favour of the proposal, with 0 against and 0 abstentions; the session has been extended until the agenda is exhausted, but no later than 14:00, and negotiations will be initiated on behalf of the Isamaa faction by Urmas Reinsalu.
Urmas Reinsalu
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Urmas Reinsalu accused the finance minister of a hasty escape from the parliamentary chamber, asked the chair to take a five-minute recess, and promised to locate Mr. Ligi, stressing that the minister must listen to feedback from members of parliament.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The speech asks where the minister is and whether anyone would like to speak with the minister.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu said that the parliament's custom is to listen to the minister's report, and he asked to end his own speech.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Deputy Chairman Arvo Aller announces that he will take a five-minute break.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The Arvo Alleri board will continue negotiations, Urmas Reinsalu is invited to give a speech, and Helir-Valdor Seeder is currently presenting a question to the chair of the meeting.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
He asks whether the break was intended to find a minister whose report and presentation we are currently discussing here.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-Chairman Arvo Aller confirmed that Urmas Reinsalu will come to the podium, and the minister informed that he is in a meeting with us via multimedia channels, and Helir-Valdor Seeder asked a question to the chair of the session.
Helir-Valdor Seeder
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Helir-Valdor Seeder said that the use of the Riigikogu's remote-working format would create a precedent, and he does not recommend implementing it, because the minister is not participating in the session, and the discussion should either be interrupted now or a recess should be taken and the minister called to attend.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
The deputy chairman Arvo Aller noted that the minister's presence in the chamber is good practice, and we also expect this from the current government, but the minister left the chamber and said that he was aware of it via a video recording, after which he asked Peeter Ernits to pose a question to the chair of the session.
Peeter Ernits
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Peeter Ernits criticizes Jürgen Ligi's behavior, saying that Ligi behaves like the master of the state and tries to hinder the presentation of the Ministry of Justice's draft bill and to push his own draft bill forward.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
In the speech, thanks are extended and it is noted that Urmas Reinsalu is taking part in the ongoing negotiations.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu asks in Parliament to whom Mr. Ligi said that he was watching us via multimedia channels, and whether Mr. Aller had interacted with him and who that person was.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
We sent someone to look for him.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu claims that the coalition agreement's promises to reduce the number of government offices and expenditures by a fifth, and the plan to list Enefit Green on the stock market as a minority stake, which have misled the Estonian public for two years, turned out to be hollow, because in 2024 the number of state officials and governing costs rose, and there are at least 1.7 billion euros in unspent budget funds, which raises questions about trustworthy leadership.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Deputy Chairman Arvo Aller asks whether extra time is desired.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
The speech contained only a brief, polite request: "Yes, please."
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Vice-Chairman Arvo Aller asks for three more minutes.
Urmas Reinsalu
Profiling Isamaa fraktsioonAI Summary
Urmas Reinsalu claims that the government is based on a lack of analysis and that reality is caricatured; the coalition agreement is merely lip service, and the choices in energy policy and tax policy will bring tax increases and harm to business, consumers, and the elderly.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Next, Anti Allas speaks on behalf of the Estonian Social Democratic Party faction, and he is asked to take three more minutes.
Anti Allas
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Anti Allas notes that structural deficits have piled up in Estonia, and instead of populist tax solutions it is necessary to increase the contribution of those who are doing well, reduce inequality, and direct economic growth to regional areas in order to ensure the state's financial stability.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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The vice-chair thanks and, on behalf of the Reform Party faction, asks Annely Akkermann to speak.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Estonia 2035 is a values-based strategy that sets objectives from five perspectives—people, society, economy, living environment, and governance—connects sectoral development plans, and provides the basis for formulating the budget and the government program, stressing financial stability as the cornerstone of development for all sectors and relying on the 2025 indicators—the labor market is strong, wages and pensions are growing, and inflation is easing—toward economic recovery and sustainable public finances.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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They want to get three more minutes.
Annely Akkermann
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Annely Akkermann emphasized that through a competitive tax environment and disciplined public finances, defense spending should be increased to about 5% of GDP, and budget transparency should be improved, including through reform of the corporate profits tax, in order to maintain the competitiveness of the Estonian economy.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
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Vice-chairman Arvo Aller announces that there are no requests to speak, closes the negotiations, and also ends the discussion of the second agenda item.