By Months: Ants Frosch
Total Months: 17
Fully Profiled: 17
09.2025
6 Speeches
The political focus is heavily centered on political accountability and defining the threshold for ministerial resignations, stressing that accepting responsibility has been rare in Estonia's recent history. Furthermore, the speaker emphasizes the need for sweeping change within the country, diagnosing a state of "mental stagnation" and calling for the advent of a new "era of awakening." The overall framing is strongly value-based (ethics, morality) and highly critical of the government's activities.
06.2025
8 Speeches
The political stance heavily focuses on national security, data protection, and constitutional risks, particularly concerning surveillance cameras of Chinese origin and the establishment of a new "super database." The speaker objects to the additional burdens being placed on local municipalities, noting that these mandates lack adequate resources or proper impact assessments. The criticism targets both the inherent security threats and the government's poorly prepared administrative decisions.
05.2025
1 Speeches
The political focus is directed towards regional development and the utilization of EU funds. The speaker supports changing the nomenclature of the statistical territorial classification to differentiate rural areas from the opportunities available in Tallinn and Harju County. This is clearly a policy-driven position that emphasizes regional equality and support for rural life.
04.2025
3 Speeches
The political position focuses heavily on ensuring the competence and proper selection procedures for top executives within the national defense sector. The speaker opposes the selection committee's decision to appoint a candidate who lacks the critically important experience outlined in the competition requirements, underscoring the gravity of the current security situation. This constitutes strongly procedural and results-oriented criticism, which calls into question the integrity of the government's actions.
03.2025
31 Speeches
The political focus is on amending the constitution regarding voting rights in local elections, emphasizing its connection to national security and sovereignty. The speaker strongly supports the compromise proposal (55 members), which grants stateless persons a transition period (a sunset clause) to motivate them to acquire citizenship. The position is strongly value-based, emphasizing the principle of suffrage as a civic right and criticizing previous inaction.
02.2025
12 Speeches
The political position is strongly oppositional, focusing on the lack of transparency in the government’s personnel policy and the disregard shown for the work of the Riigikogu (Parliament). The sharpest stance is the opposition to granting voting rights to stateless persons in local elections, emphasizing the principle of *jus sanguinis* (right of blood) and the fact that the right to exercise state power belongs exclusively to Estonian citizens. The government’s activities are assessed primarily based on results and values, with suspicions of political maneuvering regarding staffing among state officials.
01.2025
6 Speeches
The political stance is fiercely oppositional, centered on criticizing the failures of the government's actions and overall policy. The most pressing issues are the tax hikes (income tax and the proposed car tax), which they demand be repealed, and the personnel policy concerning the departure and appointment of high-ranking state officials, where a direct accusation of nepotism has been leveled. The speaker frames their arguments by highlighting the government’s poor performance and the botched implementation of its policies.
12.2024
2 Speeches
The politician voiced strong opposition to a foreign policy restricted solely to immediate neighbors, deeming it both a lowering of Estonia's status and peripheral. He also expressed concern regarding the environmental and health risks associated with the sulfuric acid processing of phosphorite, specifically highlighting the issue of carcinogenic phosphogypsum. His views are risk-based and focused on rectifying strategic deficiencies.
11.2024
6 Speeches
In the political stance, strong emphasis is placed on legal foundations, such as legitimate expectation and the principle of reciprocity in relations between states. Ethical questions were also raised concerning the necessity of a "cooling-off period" for high-ranking security officials (Kaitsepolitseiamet/KAPO). The introduction of an additional public holiday is moderately supported in the name of traditions and family joy, linking it to both Christian and indigenous faith holidays. The political framework is primarily legal and value-based.
10.2024
7 Speeches
The political position is highly critical of the government’s actions and inactions, particularly concerning infrastructure development and the oversight of security institutions. They demand clear deadlines for the completion of major projects (Via Baltica) and criticize the government’s failure to address the commemoration of Estonian men who fell in 1944. The focus is on highlighting the government’s output (performance-driven) and procedural errors, labeling the activity a "fundamental error" and "bungling incompetence."
09.2024
6 Speeches
The political focus is on ensuring universal crisis preparedness and protecting foreign policy symbols. The speaker sharply criticizes the government's actions, deeming project-based crisis readiness to be unequal and arguing that symbolic losses outweigh the calculated savings. These positions are strongly outcome-based and value-driven, emphasizing the equal protection of all citizens.
07.2024
3 Speeches
The political focus is sharply directed at the absence of substantive state reform within the coalition agreement, criticizing the proposed measures as low-impact optimization. The speaker opposes the government’s plans, arguing that they merely serve the vanity of politicians and devalue the very concept of reform. This stance is strongly critical and centers on assessing the adequacy of the government’s actions (it is performance-driven).
05.2024
15 Speeches
The speaker's political focus is strongly directed toward holding the government accountable, especially concerning the reliability of e-voting and strengthening national security. He sharply criticizes the government's inaction and incompetence, labeling it irresponsible and negligent. His stance is value-based and procedural, demanding humanity in the Riigikogu and the avoidance of the "steamroller" approach.
04.2024
16 Speeches
The political position is strongly value-based and critical, focusing on halting immigration for security considerations and addressing the lack of trustworthiness in e-elections, which is deemed the root cause of the crisis of parliamentarianism. A moratorium on all further immigration is demanded, and the emphasis is placed on highlighting national values within cultural programs. The speaker is extremely critical of the government's actions, particularly concerning issues of security and the rule of law.
03.2024
13 Speeches
The political stance is strongly oppositional, focusing on the contradictions inherent in the government's actions and the deficits in democracy. The speaker criticizes the government's "schizophrenic split" in foreign policy (sanctions versus military initiatives) and demands equality before the law, labeling Estonia an "undemocratic political system." The main priorities are national security and ensuring the accountability of government members.
02.2024
8 Speeches
The political position focuses strongly on the inadequate management of state institutions (the Prosecutor's Office, high-ranking officials) and security issues. The speaker sharply criticizes the cutting of foreign representations in the USA, considering this inadequate in the context of transatlantic relations, and demands general preventative measures to deter border crossings. The viewpoints are predominantly oppositional and directed against the government's actions and institutional inefficiency.
01.2024
14 Speeches
The political position is strongly critical of the government, focusing on ethical and security issues. The speaker sharply criticizes the path of "ethical relativism and legal nihilism" in connection with the issue of military-age men arriving from Ukraine. It is also emphasized that the development of Via Baltica must be prioritized over Rail Baltica, and that private life must be protected from the activities of security agencies.