By Months: Ester Karuse
Total Months: 9
Fully Profiled: 9
11.2025
2 Speeches
The focus is on national systemic problems, such as healthcare funding and the internal security workforce shortage. There is no regional or local emphasis.
10.2025
8 Speeches
The regional focus is exclusively on Valga, which is treated as a neglected hometown suffering from a low level of education. Valga's educational problems are used as an example of national inequality, with the speaker demanding the same wage subsidy for Valga that is currently offered to Ida-Virumaa (Narva, Kohtla-Järve). The speaker emphasizes their personal connection to the schools in Valga.
09.2025
11 Speeches
A very strong regional focus is placed on Southeast Estonia, particularly Valga and Põlva counties, where the disappearance of physical banking services has created a crisis. Regarding the topic of education, the focus expands to major centers (Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu), but it also emphasizes the problem of the shrinking network of secondary schools (gymnasiums) in rural areas.
06.2025
13 Speeches
A strong regional focus is placed on South Estonia and Valga, which are repeatedly mentioned as examples regarding low wages, lack of access to services, and the closing of bank branches. It raises specific local concerns, such as the impact of bringing in Swedish prisoners on the security of South Estonia and the failure rate of mathematics exams in Valga schools.
05.2025
8 Speeches
The focus is strongly regional, concentrating specifically on Valga and Põlva counties. Particular emphasis is placed on the situation in Valga city, a county seat, where the disappearance of services is especially painful. The objective is to ensure that life outside Tallinn remains viable, contrasting the availability of services in the capital versus the peripheral regions.
04.2025
6 Speeches
The focus is split between international foreign policy (supporting democracy and promoting Estonia's image) and national administrative capability. Specific local or regional topics in Estonia are absent; the emphasis is placed on nationwide systems.
03.2025
1 Speeches
The focus is national, centering on the issue of individuals with undetermined citizenship across Estonia. The city of Valga is mentioned merely as a demographic comparison to illustrate the scope of the problem.
02.2025
1 Speeches
The regional focus is extremely strong, emphasizing the negative impact of bank branch closures on smaller towns and county centers (Valga, Pärnu, Võru, Narva). The objective is to ensure direct banking services specifically at the regional level, requiring that branches remain operational in county centers.
01.2025
1 Speeches
The focus is clearly international, centered on Georgia's domestic political situation and its pro-European aspirations. Estonia's role is viewed as providing international support to the South Caucasus nation to secure its pro-European future.