By Months: Yoko Alender

During the first address, the speaker noted the absence of opposition members (Rain Epler, Andres Metsoja, Evelin Poolamets) from the committee session, while assuring that they had been substantively involved nonetheless. In the second address, speaking on behalf of the Reform Party faction, the speaker briefly and specifically expressed opposition to one proposal, without elaborating on the reasons for that opposition.

The criticism targets previous political inertia and skepticism that led to delays in renewable energy investments throughout the last decade. Furthermore, energy models that rely on large-scale biomass burning in oil shale boilers are also criticized, with critics deeming this approach unrealistic and unreasonable. The criticism is both policy-based and substantive.

The criticism is aimed at those who deny the triumph of renewable energy and the non-viability of investing in fossil fuels, accusing them of either misunderstanding the situation or acting out of malice. It also indirectly criticizes the low level of ambition in economic policy, for instance, concerning the starting threshold for taxing high earners (€2000).

The objection is aimed at the person who proposed the change to the agenda (who will remain unnamed). The criticism is purely procedural, not policy- or personality-based.