By Months: Andre Hanimägi
Total Months: 9
Fully Profiled: 9
11.2025
7 Speeches
The speaker's main legislative priorities are supporting the care reform and systematically improving pension policy. He/She is a proponent of steps taken to improve the well-being of the elderly, including the proposal for a birthday benefit. Additionally, he/she has initiated a proposal to reduce the value-added tax (VAT) on foodstuffs.
10.2025
10 Speeches
The focus is on opposing and criticizing the tax legislation enacted by the government. This primarily concerns the amendments to income tax and the refusal to reduce the VAT on groceries.
09.2025
76 Speeches
The legislative focus is currently aimed at addressing the legal vacuum concerning end-of-life matters and strengthening consumer protection within the financial sector (specifically, reactivating the Financial Ombudsman bill). He/She actively supports security-related legislation, such as the legalization of the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system and the law concerning the severance of administrative ties with churches, backing the re-adoption of the latter without amendments.
06.2025
57 Speeches
The primary legislative priorities include increasing the powers of local authorities to regulate micro-mobility (age restrictions, quotas) and restoring legal certainty regarding the License Plate Recognition System (LPRS). A rapporteur presented on the amendments to the Churches and Congregations Act (KiKoS) and the fraud action plan, supporting the continued progression of these bills.
05.2025
25 Speeches
The speaker is active in legislation, focusing on finalizing the transposition of EU directives and ensuring clarity in lawmaking (the Churches Act). His priorities include creating an anti-fraud action plan and amending the Weapons Act. Regarding the latter, he supports reducing bureaucracy but opposes the wider proliferation of weapons. He also supports the draft bill for withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention.
04.2025
11 Speeches
The legislative focus is currently directed towards improving the quality of lawmaking, requiring amendments regarding exceptions for vehicles used by persons with disabilities and issues related to hidden defects in real estate. Key priorities include establishing an anti-fraud action plan, ensuring the effective transposition of the Competition Directive, and conducting a comprehensive discussion of the labor law draft bills. The speaker is actively involved in the Legal Committee's handling of both the Whistleblower Act and the International Sanctions Act.
03.2025
28 Speeches
The primary legislative priorities are the amendment of the Code of Civil Procedure (concerning legal aid), increasing the transparency of political party funding, and transferring the investigative jurisdiction for sanctions crimes from KAPO (Internal Security Service) to the MTA (Tax and Customs Board). The speaker is the rapporteur and a supporter of the leading committee for these draft laws, emphasizing the thoroughness and consensus of the legislative process.
02.2025
11 Speeches
The focus is on two major pieces of legislation: the reform of criminal procedure, which simplifies the presentation of evidence and prevents the malicious delay of proceedings, and amendments to the law on religious associations. The latter aims to protect Estonian security and rule out subordination to the Moscow Patriarchate. (He/She) is a strong proponent of both bills and serves as the rapporteur in the Legal Affairs Committee.
01.2025
2 Speeches
The primary legislative focus is on opposing the opposition’s draft bill and safeguarding sound legislative practices. Within the coalition, the priority is carrying out a substantive analysis to identify methods for a targeted reduction of VAT, specifically on essential goods and children's products. The objective is to avoid large-scale and ineffective legislative experiments.