By Plenary Sessions: Mario Kadastik
Total Sessions: 4
Fully Profiled: 4
2024-04-18
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The political position is strongly in favor of continuing the development process of nuclear energy, emphasizing its crucial importance for Estonia's long-term energy security and competitiveness. The stance is pragmatic and policy-driven, focusing initially on establishing the legislative framework and avoiding the previous "indecisiveness" that has stalled investments. Support is given to a long-term energy plan (extending up to the year 2100) that would help achieve decarbonization targets.
2024-04-17
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The political position involves strong support for the e-voting system, emphasizing its technological reliability and auditability. The speaker’s goal is to refute misconceptions regarding the system's security, while also proposing a potential development direction toward m-voting (mobile voting) to enhance privacy. This position is clearly grounded in both policy and technology.
2024-04-10
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The speaker strongly supports the legislative bills initiated by the government, particularly those related to energy market regulation (specifically, the termination of the universal service) and the transposition of European Union directives. The political position is firmly policy-driven and focuses on procedural necessity, especially to avoid significant fines for the delayed transposition of the specific EU directive (384 SE). These positions are geared toward ensuring regulatory compliance and order.
2024-04-03
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The political position is supportive of adopting the law concerning threat notification. This stance is heavily policy- and technology-driven, focusing on the fact that privacy risks are non-existent due to the technical solution employed. The speaker finds that passing the law is currently worthwhile, despite the ongoing research happening in the background.