By Plenary Sessions: Martin Helme

Total Sessions: 8

Fully Profiled: 8

2024-05-29
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, information briefing
The speaker demonstrates expertise in budgetary and financial matters, referencing the size of the state budget deficit (calling it "a one-and-a-half-billion-euro hole") and criticizing the use of small, stopgap measures. The historical overview of the Rail Baltic project's cost forecasts is especially detailed, citing specific figures in the billions and the annual state budget cost (approximately 300 million). Furthermore, the speaker refers to the Reform Party's previous promises (a 400-euro pension increase and a 1.3 billion budget deficit).
2024-05-28
15th Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
The speaker demonstrates expertise on the topics of state finance, tax policy, and the pension system. They use specific data comparing inflation (34%) and the pension increase (17%) to emphasize the real decline in pensioners' purchasing power. Reference is also made to earlier Ministry of Finance assessments regarding the high cost of election promises.
2024-05-27
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
The speaker demonstrates knowledge regarding the legal capacity of unborn children, the medical and psychological consequences of abortion (infertility, depression, suicide), and the funding of the third sector (the NGO industry). They demand detailed and specific figures concerning the results of state supervision, for example, the number of people suspended from work or the amounts of money recovered. The speaker demonstrates awareness of the scale of funding for ideological NGOs (in the range of hundreds of millions of euros).
2024-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The speaker demonstrates knowledge of language policy and integration theory, stressing the existence of a critical threshold (the point after which integration becomes impossible). He/She uses specific, albeit charged, terminology such as "mass immigration," "integration," "assimilation," and "red professors."
2024-05-13
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The speaker demonstrates expertise in distinguishing between security concerns, social alienation, and political repercussions. They clearly differentiate symbolic actions (the Narva tank, the Russian church) from substantive policies (citizenship, suffrage, mass immigration). The analysis centers on the long-term impacts of political decisions on the structure of society.
2024-05-09
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The speaker demonstrates profound expertise in the technical and legal aspects of e-elections, focusing on the conflict between verifiability and secrecy. He employs specific terminology such as IP address, voter application, program code, insider threat, and multi-eye control, explaining the limited scope of auditing. Furthermore, he is well-versed in the shortcomings of Supreme Court decisions and international examples (Finland, Sweden) that have rejected e-voting.
2024-05-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The speaker demonstrates knowledge of national finance and economic topics, referencing IMF assessments and comparing economic growth rates with neighboring countries (Latvia, Finland, Sweden, Germany). Furthermore, he uses specific immigration data, citing the State Chancellery (SITKE) report on the number of incoming refugees and labor migrants. He is also familiar with the specifics of tax policy, inquiring about the proposed car tax and property tax.
2024-05-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The speaker demonstrates in-depth knowledge of administrative issues within the education sector, citing specific dates (April 6, April 9) and statistics (e.g., 3840 candidates, 52% achieving the B1 level). The professional focus is directed at failures in IT systems (EIS), teacher salary policy (specifically, the Ida-Virumaa coefficient), and methodological deficiencies in the transition to Estonian-language instruction. References are made to reports and appeals submitted by local governments (the Association of Estonian Cities and Rural Municipalities).