By Plenary Sessions: Andrei Korobeinik

In the realm of social affairs, the focus is on protecting vulnerable groups and ensuring economic justice. Strong opposition is voiced against cuts affecting children with special needs, and emphasis is placed on the high poverty risk faced by Estonian pensioners—a risk exacerbated by the government's tax policy.

It focuses on social justice and the protection of vulnerable groups, highlighting the high poverty risk faced by pensioners and the constitutional right of people with disabilities to special care from the state. It criticizes the government for abolishing social benefits (such as car tax exemptions and free public transport).

In social policy, strong emphasis is placed on protecting vulnerable groups, opposing cuts to welfare services for children with special needs and the imposition of income tax on the average pension. Internal security is treated as a crucial security issue, criticizing the reduction of the Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) budget and the failure to fund the construction of the border.

The speaker highlights social inequality, asserting that the government's tax policy funnels money to the wealthy while poorer citizens and those in rural areas suffer. He also mentions the tax concessions for disabled people and large families, which the coalition voted on as a single package.

The focus of social policy is on the well-being of the elderly, children, and large families. Strong emphasis is placed on the fact that Estonian pensioners live at risk of poverty, a rate which is nearly three times the EU average. Any reduction in benefits that would exacerbate this situation is opposed.

The primary social topic revolves around labor rights and securing social guarantees within the sharing economy (gig work). Emphasis is placed on the state's role in curbing this kind of "enslavement," and there are demands for platform workers to receive social protections (health insurance, paid time off), even when the work is technically voluntary.