By Months: Ester Karuse
Total Months: 13
Fully Profiled: 13
10.2025
4 Speeches
The political platform heavily focuses on the issues of educational inequality and regional fairness. The speaker sharply criticizes the state’s failure to guarantee equal educational standards across Estonia, pointing out the disparity in funding between Valga and Ida-Virumaa. This platform is strongly results-oriented and values-driven, emphasizing every child’s right to the best education and highlighting how Valga has been neglected. The concluding address includes a direct appeal not to vote for the current incumbents of the Valga municipality government.
09.2025
11 Speeches
It focuses heavily on regional policy and social accessibility issues, emphasizing equal access to vital services (banking) and education. The political stance is strongly value-based, requiring the state to take an active role in guiding private enterprises and preventing systemic problems. It is stressed that the state must guarantee the necessary conditions for fulfilling compulsory education and protect the elderly from digital exclusion.
06.2025
13 Speeches
Represents a social democratic position, prioritizing social justice and support for vulnerable societal groups (pensioners, low-income families). It supports strong national defense (5% of GDP) but is strongly opposed to the government's fiscal policy, which it deems unfair, debt-increasing, and favorable to the wealthy. The political framework is clearly value-based, focusing on the lack of solidarity.
05.2025
8 Speeches
The political focus is currently on preserving essential services in county centers, particularly in Valga and Põlva, where the lack of bank branches has created a serious regional issue. The politician strongly advocates for state intervention to guide banks and guarantee access to banking services, recognizing them as a socially necessary public service. Furthermore, accountability is being demanded in the planning of state investments (such as trains for the Rohuküla line).
04.2025
6 Speeches
The political focus is split between promoting international democracy (joining the IDEA charter) and bolstering domestic administrative capacity. There is strong support for enhancing Estonia's image as a like-minded partner to Western nations and for supporting democracy globally. Criticism is aimed at the inefficient cooperation among state institutions and the inadequate data exchange within the social sector, thereby casting doubt on the government's promises regarding a personalized state.
03.2025
1 Speeches
The political focus centers on the naturalization and integration of persons with undetermined citizenship. The speaker strongly backs plans that would enable these individuals to acquire citizenship, highlighting both historical context and motivational factors. The current government's failure to act is heavily criticized as both unjust and ill-considered.
02.2025
1 Speeches
The political stance is strongly opposed to levying a bank tax, arguing that it complicates the situation for banks and leads to a reduction in the availability of services. The speaker demands state intervention and the implementation of specific requirements to ensure a minimum level of direct banking services in county centers. This position is heavily focused on policy and the accessibility of regional services.
01.2025
1 Speeches
The political position is strongly value-driven, focusing on supporting democracy and defending European values in foreign policy. The speaker firmly supports Georgia's aspirations for EU and NATO membership, while simultaneously condemning the Georgian government's retreat from its democratic commitments. Emphasis is placed on the necessity of imposing sanctions on those responsible and supporting Georgian civil society.
12.2024
2 Speeches
The political platform heavily centers on restoring the government's credibility and transparency. The speaker criticizes the government for breaching the principles of sound law-making, stressing that this is directly correlated with the decline in public trust (currently at 37%). This is a robust stance, demanding concrete remedial actions from the government to rebuild faith in state governance.
10.2024
2 Speeches
The political position is strongly value-based, centered on historical justice and human rights, and firmly supports recognizing the deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide. The speaker adopts a clear and strong stance against the Russian Federation, condemning the occupation of Crimea and the war against Ukraine. Furthermore, the guaranteeing of religious freedom within a constitutional context is also emphasized.
06.2024
5 Speeches
The political focus is on restarting the economy, as Estonia has been in recession for nine consecutive quarters, necessitating a concrete plan from the government. In foreign policy, the stance is strongly value-based, unequivocally condemning Russia's aggression in Ukraine and supporting Georgia's pro-European future, while expressing concern over the Georgian government's retreat from European values. The positions are strongly performance-driven and value-based.
02.2024
2 Speeches
The political platform is heavily focused on security, emphasizing the Russian threat and the need to unwaveringly support Ukraine and strengthen the EU and NATO. The government’s foreign trade policy is also sharply criticized, particularly the decision to withdraw from participating in the Osaka Expo and to close consulates in the US. The approach to security issues is value-based, while the approach to foreign economic policy is results-based.
01.2024
1 Speeches
The most crucial issue is securing Estonia's representation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and supporting Indrek Saar's candidacy for the position of Secretary General. The position taken is strongly procedural and policy-driven, stressing the necessity of including representatives from all parliamentary groups (Isamaa, SDE) in the delegation and ensuring that Estonian representation is present within every assembly faction. The objective is to guarantee the functionality and political balance of the international delegation.