By Months: Varro Vooglaid
Total Months: 20
Fully Profiled: 20
11.2025
29 Speeches
The primary social issue is internal security, regarding which the speaker strongly opposes importing large numbers of serious felons into Estonia, arguing that this poses a risk that diminishes overall security. He emphasizes the need to use internal security resources (personnel) for tasks more critical than supervising foreign prisoners.
10.2025
32 Speeches
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09.2025
76 Speeches
The speaker is an ardent defender of freedoms and privacy, opposing total surveillance (PPA cameras) and the profiling of citizens using artificial intelligence. He/She sharply criticizes the COVID policy, labeling it dictatorial and infringing upon fundamental rights (the right to decide over one's own body/bodily autonomy). Furthermore, he/she defends religious freedom and the right of religious associations to decide on matters of ecclesiastical subordination.
06.2025
30 Speeches
A strong emphasis is placed on civil liberties, especially privacy against mass surveillance and freedom of religion. He criticizes the redefinition of marriage and accuses the government of intolerance toward religious organizations (EKÕK, Pühtitsa Convent). He expresses concern about the division of society and contrasts the rhetoric of tolerance in the context of homosexual relations with the repression of religious organizations.
05.2025
56 Speeches
The speaker is strongly opposed to gender ideology and gender balance quotas, labeling this interference in private enterprise as "totalitarian" and "contrary to reason." He criticizes the interpretation of the name law that permits assigning a name inconsistent with one's sex based merely on a personal sense of identity. Furthermore, he supports a broad firearms culture and trusting gun owners as a national defense priority, demanding the expansion of the network of shooting ranges.
04.2025
26 Speeches
It focuses on protecting religious freedom, opposing the forced termination of churches' canonical ties as blatant interference and an infringement of conscience. It emphasizes the special protection afforded to families with many children and people with disabilities (Constitution § 28, section 4), criticizing the motor vehicle tax, which disproportionately penalizes these groups. It also raises the question of distinguishing between social and biological sex when fulfilling the requirement for gender balance.
03.2025
39 Speeches
It focuses on the demographic crisis and supports policies that value motherhood, citing Hungary’s income tax exemption for mothers of multiple children as an example. It defends the religious freedom and canonical ties of churches against state interference, viewing the MPEÕK (Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate) draft bill as an infringement upon religious freedom. It is a strong proponent of vaccine freedom, criticizing the pressuring of children with COVID passes as a "brutal outrage."
02.2025
23 Speeches
The most important social issue is the protection of religious freedom, opposing Bill 570, which threatens the forced closure of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Pühtitsa Convent. He emphasizes that this action constitutes the persecution of Christians and violates constitutional rights. Additionally, he mentions the non-existent family policy during a deep demographic crisis.
01.2025
9 Speeches
On social issues, the stance is strictly conservative, opposing the idea of social or psychological gender, which is regarded as purely ideological brainwashing. Biological sex (DNA, chromosomes) is emphasized as the sole scientific fact, and the teaching of such ideology in Estonian schools is criticized.
12.2024
31 Speeches
On social issues, the speaker is strongly conservative and values-driven. He demands an absolute and unconditional provision within the Child Protection Act that would prohibit anyone convicted of pedophilia crimes from holding any job involving children. He criticizes the government for being hostile toward children and families, citing state funding for abortion, which he refers to as "prenatal killing." Furthermore, he raises health risks stemming from radio interference caused by wind parks and is initiating an investigative commission to assess the safety of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
11.2024
62 Speeches
He/She takes a firm pro-life stance, demanding the prohibition of state funding for elective abortions, citing Article 16 of the Constitution (PS) and the demographic crisis. He/She stresses that the unborn child is a human being whose right to life must be protected equally alongside those who are born. He/She criticizes the government’s anti-family policies (benefit cuts, revoking health insurance for mothers who stay at home). He/She defends religious freedom in the context of the Pühtitsa Convent.
10.2024
41 Speeches
In social issues, the focus is on protecting the traditional family model and ensuring children's safety. It opposes draft legislation that pressures stay-at-home mothers into the labor market and demands the absolute exclusion of pedophiles from working with children. It raises concerns about the criminalization of hate speech, fearing that, following the example of the United Kingdom, this will lead to the emergence of "thought prisoners."
09.2024
11 Speeches
In social issues, historical memory and respect for the Estonian men who fought against the Soviet occupation are at the forefront, the honoring of whose memory the state is hindering. Furthermore, he stresses the demographic crisis and supports the development of a package of measures aimed at boosting the birth rate. He expresses concern over personal freedoms, inquiring about guarantees for police officers in relation to mandatory vaccination.
07.2024
2 Speeches
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06.2024
30 Speeches
On social issues, the positions taken are value-based and uncompromising: it demands effective measures to protect minors from pornography (website blocking, age verification). It is submitting a draft bill to prohibit state funding of abortion, citing the constitutional right to life of unborn children. It criticizes the desecration of marriage and the loss of the sanctity of the family, linking these issues to the taxation of homes.
05.2024
56 Speeches
A strong pro-life stance, labeling abortion as "willful killing" and demanding that the lives of unborn children be protected by constitutional rights equal to those afforded to others. It criticizes state funding for abortion and calls for increased awareness regarding the negative consequences of abortion on women's mental and physical health. It raises the issue of religious freedom and the offense caused to the feelings of Orthodox believers (the forced dissolution of the MPEÕK on Maundy Thursday).
04.2024
54 Speeches
Social issues are a central theme where a strong, value-based stance is taken: opposition to the redefinition of marriage, defense of the right to life for unborn children, and condemnation of state funding for elective abortions. There is a demand for protecting children from the "harmful gender ideology" spreading in schools, which claims that sex is a social construct and that there are more than two genders. Concern is also expressed regarding the impact of mass immigration of peoples from the East Slavic cultural sphere on Estonia's demographic problems.
03.2024
55 Speeches
The speaker is a proponent of traditional family values, opposing the expansion of the definition of marriage to include homosexual relationships and emphasizing the natural right of children to a mother and a father. He/She is categorically against gender reassignment and the participation of transgender individuals in women's sports competitions, calling it "irrational." He/She also demands effective measures to protect minors from pornography.
02.2024
13 Speeches
The speaker takes a strong stance on socio-ethical issues. They oppose state funding for elective abortions, citing the constitutional right to life, which they argue extends to the unborn. Furthermore, they are concerned about the spread of "gender ideology" in schools and kindergartens and call for the protection of parents' constitutional rights regarding their children's educational choices.
01.2024
61 Speeches
It focuses heavily on demography and family policy, opposing abortion, which it refers to as the liquidation of children. It defends the right of parents to dignified proceedings in the case of unassisted home births, viewing the current system as humiliating and an ideological punishment. Furthermore, it criticizes the government for distorting the meaning of marriage and cutting subsidies for large families. It also raises questions regarding the political and legal rationale for expelling the Russian church leader.