By Plenary Sessions: Varro Vooglaid
Total Sessions: 11
Fully Profiled: 11
2025-09-24
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
The speaker's primary social concern is protecting citizens' freedom and privacy (the right to the inviolability of private life) from state surveillance. He/She contrasts security and freedom as two ends of a spectrum, warning against total surveillance, which contradicts the principle of data minimization.
2025-09-24
15th Estonian Parliament, 6th sitting, press briefing
Lack of data
2025-09-23
15th Riigikogu, 6th session, plenary session
The focus is on a social issue concerning the registration of children in the Population Register in special circumstances, such as home births. The objective is to guarantee citizens' rights and reduce the administrative burden on families.
2025-09-22
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
Internal security issues are addressed, emphasizing concern over the PPA (Police and Border Guard Board) staffing shortage, which may deepen with the creation of new positions. A security threat is also raised regarding the filling of the prison with foreign inmates, which would prevent its use for crisis situations.
2025-09-17
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting.
Among social issues, the protection of freedom of religion (Article 40 of the Constitution) and the protection of personal data (Article 44 of the Constitution) are paramount. He/She opposes methods of total surveillance (the RAB database, a secret network of license plate recognition cameras) and warns against attempts to punish people based on their reading, listening, or viewing preferences, deeming this a form of exercising totalitarian state power.
2025-09-17
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, press briefing.
Regarding social issues, emphasis is placed on public safety and the security of residents in connection with military incidents, noting that the drone crashed only a few hundred meters from the nearest residential buildings. There is no data available concerning other social topics.
2025-09-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
No data available.
2025-09-15
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting
Insufficient Data
2025-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
There is a strong emphasis on social issues concerning fundamental rights, particularly the right to bodily autonomy. The speaker forcefully criticizes the minister’s actions during the COVID period, which suppressed this right, citing examples such as military personnel and police officers losing their careers. Furthermore, the speaker opposes vaccinating children without parental consent.
2025-09-09
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session.
In the social sphere, the speaker focuses on protecting constitutional freedoms and rights, specifically regarding citizens' right to engage in entrepreneurial activity and to form for-profit associations (Article 31 of the Constitution). This emphasizes safeguarding civil liberties against state intervention.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The speaker strongly advocates for the protection of unborn life, opposing state-funded elective abortion, citing the constitutional right to life. They emphasize the inalienable right and duty of parents to raise their children, demanding guarantees that "gender ideology" does not spread in kindergartens and schools.