By Months: Ester Karuse
Total Months: 13
Fully Profiled: 13
10.2025
4 Speeches
The legislative focus is directed towards the accountability and interpellation of the Minister of Education concerning the results of basic school mathematics exams. Questions are also being raised regarding the state's actions in ensuring compulsory schooling up to the age of 18 and supporting remedial education. The speaker is the initiator (having submitted the interpellation) and demands that substantive issues be resolved, rather than merely disregarding the exam results.
09.2025
11 Speeches
The main focus is on the interpellations, the goal of which is to force the government to act and find solutions regarding regional policy and education issues. It is believed that the state has a role in guiding and assisting, although forcing banks through legislation is currently considered unlikely.
06.2025
13 Speeches
The main legislative focus is the supplementary budget (opposition) and the competition law bill (questions). [It/The entity] initiates interpellations to the Minister of Education concerning the conflict between extending compulsory schooling and the shortage of upper secondary school places, as well as the impact of the passing thresholds for basic school final exams on students.
05.2025
8 Speeches
The legislative focus is twofold: first, raising regional policy issues via interpellation (banking services), and second, actively participating in Riigikogu proceedings as the rapporteur for the Foreign Affairs Committee. He/She supports the processing of government-initiated bills, provided they have been unanimously approved by the committee, and also handles changes to the composition of delegations.
04.2025
6 Speeches
The main legislative priority is the processing of the draft law concerning accession to the Statute of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA). The speaker is a representative of the lead committee for this bill, who supports its adoption by a majority vote in the Riigikogu.
03.2025
1 Speeches
The legislative focus is on procedural oversight, questioning why the Constitutional Committee failed to address the substantive issues of citizenship. The aim is to compel the government to create concrete plans for accelerating naturalization for over 62,000 people.
02.2025
1 Speeches
The legislative focus is currently aimed at opposing the bank tax and implementing national regulations. The speaker intends to initiate a demand that the state establish specific requirements for the banking sector to guarantee, at a minimum, the availability of in-person banking services in county centers.
01.2025
1 Speeches
The legislative focus is aimed at affirming and supporting foreign policy positions, particularly assisting Georgia's democratic forces and demanding European Union sanctions. The speaker supports the Riigikogu statement, which pays tribute to the Georgian people and stands in solidarity with them.
12.2024
2 Speeches
The legislative focus is aimed at improving the quality of legal drafting and eliminating procedural shortcomings. The speaker acts as a critic and demands accountability, emphasizing the need to adhere to the preparation of drafting intentions and the early involvement of stakeholders, even in the case of time-critical initiatives.
10.2024
2 Speeches
The primary legislative focus is supporting the Riigikogu declaration that recognizes the deportation of the Crimean Tatars as genocide, emphasizing the imperative to stand up for justice. Additionally, the speaker is engaged in legislative oversight, having submitted a question to the Minister of Internal Affairs regarding the process of liquidating the MPEÕK.
06.2024
5 Speeches
The legislative focus is on supporting and supplementing foreign policy statements; for example, amendments concerning the statement on Georgia were submitted and subsequently taken into account. Furthermore, parliamentary inquiries (interpellations) are utilized to demand economic recovery plans and consultation regarding security issues (nuclear power plants) from the government.
02.2024
2 Speeches
The legislative focus is on demanding the fulfillment of the goals set out in existing strategic documents (e.g., the Foreign Policy Development Plan 2030) and on criticizing government decisions. The speaker emphasizes the need to ensure the accessibility of consular services and the involvement of the Estonian diaspora living abroad in promoting external economic relations.
01.2024
1 Speeches
The legislative focus is on Riigikogu draft decision No. 360, which concerns changing the composition of the Estonian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The speaker is a supporter and handler of the draft, emphasizing the necessity of bringing it to a final vote. The priority is the swift and consensual adoption of procedural decisions.