By Plenary Sessions: Helle-Moonika Helme
Total Sessions: 10
Fully Profiled: 10
2024-11-20
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The speaker demonstrates expertise in constitutional and legislative procedure, referencing specific bill numbers (536 and 527) and their handling within the Constitutional Committee. A crucial area of knowledge involves the legal definitions of suffrage and citizenship, and their impact on national security. Furthermore, the speaker exhibits knowledge concerning the committee's rules of procedure and transparency requirements.
2024-11-20
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, press briefing.
The speaker demonstrates detailed knowledge of major national projects (Rail Baltic, Nordica), including their financial and contractual specifics, citing sessions of the Special Committee Against Corruption. They are familiar with the Rail Baltic contract clauses regarding the scope of fines and Latvia's role in the project. Furthermore, the speaker shows knowledge of the location of mineral resources (phosphorite) in Lääne-Viru County and the associated links to businessmen with questionable backgrounds.
2024-11-13
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session.
The speaker demonstrates expertise regarding the budget procedure and amendments, including the mandatory requirement to present the distribution of costs and the topic of setting limits for institutions. He is also familiar with the history of national defense funding and criticizes the economic impact of the green transition. He emphasizes the need to talk about money and the budget, not stories.
2024-11-12
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The speaker demonstrates expertise on spatial planning and forced mobility, highlighting the crucial role of infrastructure in rural areas (jobs, schools, transport). They use Finnish socialist real estate policies and their failure to prevent segregation as a point of comparison. The focus is on the practical consequences of these policies for the daily lives of rural inhabitants.
2024-11-11
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The speaker demonstrates knowledge of the hierarchy of legislation, stressing that the Regulation issued by the Government of the Republic is inconsistent with both the law and the Constitution. They cite specific financial data (nearly 300,000 euros from the Health Insurance Fund's budget) and repeatedly challenge the classification of elective abortions as a healthcare service. Furthermore, they reference the historical background of the relevant legislation, tracing it back to the Soviet era (1956).
2024-11-07
15th Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
The speaker demonstrates a strong understanding of tax policy (VAT, car tax) and the impact of inflation, specifically pointing to concrete price hike figures (e.g., a 4.1% annual increase). Crucially, they also possess the ability to link the bureaucracy and requirements of the green transition to widespread price inflation. Additionally, the speaker is up-to-date on security experts' views concerning the cost-to-military capability ratio of Rail Baltic, citing the Commander of the Defense Forces.
2024-11-06
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The speaker demonstrates detailed knowledge of the motor vehicle tax law and its impact on national defense, particularly regarding vehicle requisition. The speaker is also aware of the procedures for processing draft legislation, referencing the opportunity to fix shortcomings during the process of amending the law. The speaker presents himself/herself as an expert on the opposing viewpoint of the law, posing questions to the individual who authored the legislation.
2024-11-06
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, information briefing
The speaker demonstrates knowledge of the historical development of suffrage (referencing the pressure exerted by OSCE Commissioner Max van der Stoel in the 1990s) and constitutional matters. Separate emphasis is placed on regional policy expertise, citing the specialties offered by the Hiiumaa Vocational School (horticulture, transport, construction) and the necessity of analyzing the socio-economic dimension. Specific data is utilized regarding the number of gray passport holders (approximately 70,000) and the issue of dual citizenship.
2024-11-05
Fifteenth Riigikogu, fourth session, plenary session
The speaker demonstrates knowledge of major challenges at the European Union level, focusing on the economic and strategic conflicts arising from the green transition and the security transition. He/She uses specific terms like the carbon tax and refers to "specialists" who doubt the simultaneous resolution of these two major shifts. Furthermore, the speaker shows awareness of the Russian labor quotas in Hungary and Germany.
2024-11-04
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The speaker addresses the issues of drugs and youth mental health, but approaches them primarily through the prism of social and moral values. He/She criticizes the increased accessibility of substitute substances and pilot training projects. There are no references to specific data, statistics, or technical terminology in the field of addiction treatment.