By Months: Andrei Korobeinik
Total Months: 18
Fully Profiled: 18
09.2025
11 Speeches
The legislative focus is on the schedule for processing the draft bill and procedural propriety. The speaker is opposing the procedure imposed by the presidium and is attempting to secure the referral of the bill back to the committee at the time requested by the committee. Finally, he moves to suspend consideration of the item.
06.2025
31 Speeches
The legislative focus is centered on opposing the government's financial and tax bills (the supplementary budget, taxation of business income), achieved by submitting motions to interrupt proceedings and outright reject the proposals. Furthermore, it actively addresses issues related to legislative transparency and data protection, particularly concerning the mandate of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). It criticizes the diminishing role of parliament in the legislative process and demands that all debates be held publicly in the chamber.
05.2025
19 Speeches
The legislative focus centers on opposing and rejecting government draft legislation. The primary bills include the Unemployment Insurance Act (which involves benefit cuts) and the bill concerning the simplified taxation of business income (which seeks to make a temporary tax permanent). Procedural tools are being actively employed, with repeated motions for adjournment and rejection being filed.
04.2025
10 Speeches
The main legislative priority is easing the car tax burden by submitting draft legislation for tax exemptions for people with disabilities and large families. Furthermore, the speaker emphasizes the necessity of establishing regulations for the use of artificial intelligence (for instance, in medicine and the Unemployment Insurance Fund) and resolving the insurance issues related to testing autonomous vehicles.
03.2025
6 Speeches
The legislative focus is directed toward ensuring the proper procedure for handling bills that relate to the decisions made by the Finance Committee. Specifically, the priority is the further advancement of decisions concerning the repeal of the car tax onto the floor agenda. The speaker is acting against procedural obstacles.
02.2025
40 Speeches
The main legislative priorities are the introduction of a bank tax (raising the income tax for credit institutions) and lowering the VAT on food, which the speaker considers to be programmatic promises of the Centre Party. He/She is an active supporter of no-confidence motions and also deals with the organization of work and procedural issues in the Riigikogu (Parliament), challenging the way sessions are conducted.
01.2025
12 Speeches
The primary legislative focus is the bank tax bill, the obstruction of whose debate by the Riigikogu board he sharply criticizes. Much of the activity is aimed at ensuring adherence to parliamentary work procedures and procedural rules, accusing the board of selecting bills based on party affiliation. He is the spokesperson and defender of the opposition's bills.
12.2024
16 Speeches
The legislative focus is on increasing budget transparency and ministerial accountability. It supports draft legislation that links ministerial salaries to economic performance or reduces the expenses of the Riigikogu Board. It is critical of amendments to the basic budget law that grant ministers excessive authority to modify expenditures without consulting the Riigikogu.
11.2024
25 Speeches
The primary legislative priorities are the draft bills submitted by the Centre Party: the implementation of a bank tax and the reduction of VAT on foodstuffs to 5%. Furthermore, the focus includes procedural decisions made by the Riigikogu (the Rail Baltic investigative committee) and constitutional amendments regarding local suffrage rights. (The entity) actively functions as both the proposer and defender of budget amendment proposals.
10.2024
36 Speeches
The main legislative priorities are improving budget transparency (by requiring a detailed breakdown of expenditures exceeding 0.5 million euros) and taxing the banking sector (the draft bank tax bill). There is a strong opponent and initiator working to reject budget drafts that contain poverty-inducing measures.
09.2024
9 Speeches
The legislative focus centers on finance and tax bills, where the speaker acts as a critical opponent, demanding clarifications regarding amendments to input VAT and business account taxation. They are a supporter of the proposed bank tax and initiated a formal query (interpellation) to the Minister of Health concerning drug policy. Furthermore, a key priority is resisting the postponement of the government's planned austerity measures and tax hikes.
07.2024
10 Speeches
The primary legislative focus is the opposition to the car tax bill, which the Centre Faction opposes. They pay close attention to legislative correctness, challenging the bill's implementation period—which is shorter than six months—and deeming this a violation of the law. They utilize their position as Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee to request procedural recesses and challenge the rulings of the session chair.
06.2024
41 Speeches
The legislative focus is centered on opposing the coalition's main bills (the car tax and the negative supplementary budget), with emphasis placed on the violation of procedural rules during the drafting of substantive amendments. The speaker is an active initiator of substantive amendments (specifically, tax exemptions). Support is also given to bills that improve financial stability (such as the positive credit register) and those that create the opportunity for developing nuclear energy in Estonia.
05.2024
44 Speeches
The primary legislative focus involves initiating and backing bills aimed at increasing opposition revenue (such as the bank tax and digital tax), while simultaneously opposing government tax increases (like the income tax on pensions). He/She is also involved in regulating the crypto sector, criticizing the government’s approach for increasing bureaucracy. A significant portion of the work concerns the Riigikogu’s procedural rules and matters related to conducting parliamentary sessions.
04.2024
16 Speeches
The speaker is a legislative initiator, having presented a draft bill for the appointment of the Estonian representative to the Control Committee of the Nordic Investment Bank. He/She also initiated a bill for the implementation of the digital services tax. Additionally, he/she actively utilizes interpellations (concerning the platform work directive) and procedural motions to ensure the quality and transparency of legislative work.
03.2024
8 Speeches
The main legislative priority is the bank tax bill, which the speaker himself initiated specifically to open up the possibility of debate. Furthermore, attention will be focused on monitoring the Riigikogu's procedural rules and addressing questions regarding the referral of bills to committees, criticizing the bill's assignment to the wrong committee (the Economic Affairs Committee instead of the Legal Affairs Committee).
02.2024
37 Speeches
The main legislative focus is the opposition to the motor vehicle tax bill (car tax) and the proposal for its rejection, highlighting shortcomings in the impact analysis and procedural violations. An interpellation was submitted to the Prime Minister regarding the impact of the car tax. Support was given to the Riigikogu statement condemning the systematic deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia and Belarus.
01.2024
2 Speeches
The legislative focus is on the taxation of the banking sector and the verification of the government's financial forecasts. The speaker is acting as the initiator, presenting an interpellation regarding the accuracy of advance income tax receipts and a draft resolution for establishing a temporary solidarity tax for the years 2024–2027.