By Plenary Sessions: Varro Vooglaid
Total Sessions: 7
Fully Profiled: 7
2025-03-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
There is no direct information regarding cooperation, but the speaker supports their arguments with references from outside the Riigikogu (Parliament), for example, by citing Andres Põder, the former archbishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church. They criticize the passivity of the Estonian Council of Churches (EKN) in stepping forward to defend the MPEÕK. No willingness to cooperate with the bill's supporters is evident.
2025-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The speaker demonstrates readiness for compromise by proposing concrete amendments (changing coefficients or linking it to the CPI) aimed at improving the draft bill and preventing its rejection during the first reading. He urges his coalition colleagues to vote in favor of the bill, which is substantively sound.
2025-03-18
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fifth sitting, plenary session
There are no references to cooperation with the coalition; instead, emphasis is placed on intra-factional cooperation (such as submitting a counter-bill) and shared political objectives (organizing a referendum on the marriage issue while in government). The style of communication with the coalition is confrontational and uncompromising.
2025-03-17
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
There is insufficient data.
2025-03-13
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The style of cooperation is primarily oppositional, but it relies on an international group of experts (the NORTH Group) and other critical voices (Kaari Saarma). The speaker stresses the necessity of involving independent experts in the work of the investigative committee to ensure transparency and prevent conflicts of interest. He/She expresses disappointment regarding Parliament’s inability to cooperate on substantive issues, noting that the opposition’s draft bills are "immediately killed off."
2025-03-12
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session
The speaker stresses the necessity of universal rules to ensure consistency in cooperation between the parliament and the government, signaling a desire for fair and principled collaboration. Nevertheless, the context of the address remains confrontational, given that the opposing side's willingness to apply these rules uniformly is being called into doubt. Direct cooperation or compromise is not mentioned.
2025-03-12
The 15th Riigikogu, fifth sitting, information briefing.
Not enough data.