By Months: Toomas Kivimägi
Total Months: 11
Fully Profiled: 11
10.2025
2 Speeches
The political focus is on the connection between the state budget deficit and defense spending. The speaker justifies the 4.5% deficit, emphasizing that the main reason for it is the increase in defense spending in the 2026 budget by more than 800 million euros. The position strongly supports the increase in defense spending, utilizing it as justification for the deficit, which suggests a policy- and performance-based framework.
09.2025
3 Speeches
The most crucial topic is the accessibility of services in the Estonian language and its constitutional protection within the Republic of Estonia. The speaker expresses strong opposition to the practice where receiving service in Estonian requires an explicit, separate choice, considering this deeply disturbing and potentially unconstitutional. This constitutes a value-based framework focusing on the priority of the state language.
06.2025
1 Speeches
The political focus is heavily directed toward reforming the judicial system and restoring the public's sense of justice. The most pressing issue being raised concerns individuals escaping conviction due to the statute of limitations and the resulting financial burden placed upon the state. The political framework is clearly procedural and demands legislative action, underscoring the necessity of legal amendments. The stance is strongly pro-reform, aiming to improve the tools available to the courts and refine procedural standards.
03.2025
4 Speeches
The political focus is directed toward the internal procedure, efficiency, and preservation of traditions within the Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament). He/She strongly supports freedom of speech in Parliament and advocates for cost savings by reducing the number of committees. The speaker strongly emphasizes the need to uphold the political tradition whereby the chairmanship positions of the standing committees belong to the governing coalition.
01.2025
1 Speeches
The Speaker's position involves the procedural management of the Riigikogu, opening the information hour and commencing the attendance check. Political standpoints are absent; the focus is exclusively on implementing the parliament's rules of procedure. This is a purely procedural role.
12.2024
4 Speeches
The most striking political position is the strong and repeated opposition to the "Santa Claus tax," the implementation of which they firmly promise to prevent. Another significant issue is foreign policy, where they emphasize the exceptional importance of a single foreign visit during the year. These stances are presented on a results-oriented basis, highlighting their ability to avoid undesirable taxes.
09.2024
1 Speeches
The political position is strongly procedural, emphasizing the need to respect parliamentary customs and the decisions of the Presidium, especially concerning the format of the political address. The speaker defends the prime minister's actions, stressing that the practice of not posing questions after the report has been a standing custom for nearly 20 years. This stance is aimed at the efficiency of parliamentary work, criticizing the wasting of time over an irrelevant concern.
07.2024
1 Speeches
The politician's only clear position is a strong and unequivocal agreement to run for the position. This is heavily focused on an action-based framework (confirming the candidacy). Specific political issues, value-based stances, or the substance of the policy are not evident from the speech.
06.2024
1 Speeches
The political focus is directed toward managing public finances and the budget deficit, which has now exceeded the 3% threshold. The speaker emphasizes the negative impact of the rising Euribor on private individuals, businesses, and the state, questioning whether the solution should be implementing new taxes or cutting expenditures. The political framework is clearly results-oriented, concentrating on the poor state of the nation's finances.
04.2024
1 Speeches
The political focus is directed toward the internal governance and procedures of the Riigikogu. The speaker expresses a strong affirmative stance regarding their readiness to run for the position of Deputy Speaker of the Riigikogu. The framework of this position is based more on the role and procedures, rather than being politically substantive.
03.2024
1 Speeches
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