By Plenary Sessions: Liina Kersna
Total Sessions: 25
Fully Profiled: 25
2025-10-07
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The main social issue is the funding of the transition to Estonian-language education, the scaling up of which is considered crucial, and for whose budget transparency there is strong advocacy.
2025-09-17
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary sitting.
The primary social issue is quality education and school meals. He/She stresses that school meals must be healthy and warm, and supports the position that the state or local municipality should take greater responsibility for feeding children who are facing economic hardship. However, he/she views raising teachers' salaries as a more crucial social investment than increasing the universal school lunch subsidy.
2025-09-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
The primary social issue is the accessibility and equality of education, emphasizing the need to end the selection process for children entering the first grade. The speaker links education policy questions to the foundational values of Estonian society, such as freedom and responsibility.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The focus is on issues related to the management of the cultural sector and national broadcasting, emphasizing the need for recognized experts in the fields of media and culture. This underscores the importance of professional management in public service and cultural institutions.
2025-06-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The core social issue is the quality and sustainability of the education system, emphasizing the need to support novice and unqualified teachers to ensure the development of children. The topic of the transparency of the certification of school principals is also addressed in the context of personal data protection.
2025-06-17
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
Focusing on social issues, it is emphasized that a strong RDI system is necessary to support equal opportunities in education, preserve culture and language, and ensure a cohesive social and healthcare system.
2025-06-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting.
The social issue under discussion is education, encompassing the implementation of an integrated curriculum for legal education and the expansion of doctoral positions in the fields of artificial intelligence. This is framed as a matter of national capacity and development.
2025-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The primary social issue is education, which is viewed as the foundation for enriching society, preserving language and culture, and ensuring universal healthcare. Emphasis is placed on the need to expand access to higher education for every young person, regardless of their background. The growing trend of participation in adult education is also welcomed.
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
The speaker highlights the question of gender balance, noting that the ERR council is "very masculine," and stressing that balanced governing bodies, comprising both men and women, make more balanced and better decisions. This is a strong social focus directed toward internal parliamentary accountability.
2025-04-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The main social issue is ensuring and developing the viability of the Estonian language and culture, especially in the age of artificial intelligence. This is framed as a constitutional obligation, requiring a significant societal effort to increase the size of the language corpus. The importance of creating conditions for the development of high culture (opera and ballet culture) is also emphasized.
2025-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The main social issue is the preservation and development of the Estonian language in the digital environment with the help of artificial intelligence. This topic is addressed as a national and constitutional priority.
2025-03-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The main social issue is education, focusing on the importance of higher education and doctoral degrees for developing a smart workforce. This topic is framed within the context of improving economic competitiveness and societal structure.
2025-02-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The primary social issue is the organization of higher education and research, focusing on protecting the financial autonomy of universities and improving the coherence of the funding system. The aim is to ensure the system's efficiency and quality.
2025-02-17
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The speaker focuses intensely on a critical social issue: youth mental health and the urgent need for professional support. They stress that a free helpline, staffed by qualified psychologists, must be both accessible and widely known to young people.
2024-12-18
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The main social issue is education and lifelong learning, focusing on improving the quality and accessibility of adult continuing education through the formalization of micro-qualifications. The objective is to establish assurance regarding quality training providers.
2024-12-04
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
The primary social issue revolves around education, focusing on creating more flexible and individualized learning pathways for young people by raising the age of compulsory education. The objective is to ensure that all young people achieve either vocational or secondary education by the age of 18, while also providing the option of a gap year and lessening the significance of the passing thresholds for basic school final examinations.
2024-09-18
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
Among social issues, the focus is placed on education and lifelong learning, supporting the creation of micro-credentials. This move helps formalize continuing education and ensures quality, which is crucial for the ongoing development of the labor force.
2024-06-12
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session.
The speaker addresses the social issue through the quality of education and vocational training standards, emphasizing the necessity of ensuring a high professional standard via both legal education and teacher education.
2024-05-30
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting
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2024-05-27
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary session
The socio-political focus is directed at supporting families and preventing social problems through parenting programs. The speaker supports expanding the target group to offer preventative support even to those families who are not directly in the high-risk group, while emphasizing accessibility.
2024-04-03
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The social topic addressed is education policy and administrative issues related to immigration. The goal is to ensure that the school places of Ukrainian children who have left Estonia are freed up for other children, emphasizing system efficiency and the availability of educational places.
2024-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
A strong focus on student mental health and well-being, supporting evidence-based measures that enhance both academic achievement and mental health outcomes. It emphasizes the critical necessity of suicide prevention and calls for dedicated funding programs for this purpose.
2024-03-05
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The main social issue is education, which is viewed as personal development and a transformation of the inner world. Emphasis is placed on the well-being of children and youth, particularly concerning the 700 young people who drop out of their studies every year. The goal of education is to create a better environment for the learner and contribute to the formation of a more cohesive and safer society.
2024-01-23
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
In the context of social issues, emphasis is placed on the role of development in the social sciences and humanities within science policy. This indicates an interest in broader societal and cultural developments that transcend purely technical or economic objectives.
2024-01-18
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The primary social issue is education and raising teachers' salary levels, which is considered the key to improving the system. The speaker supports measures that ensure better compensation for teachers through changes to the funding system.