By Months: Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart
Total Months: 19
Fully Profiled: 19
10.2025
20 Speeches
In terms of social policy, the focus is on the rights of people with disabilities, demanding standardized special provisions for them and citing their constitutional right to special care. The second focus is on families with children, criticizing the withdrawal of support payments for large families and the rise in value-added tax (VAT), which makes food less accessible.
09.2025
85 Speeches
Speeches have focused on social rights and community well-being: support for children and families, school meals, youth unemployment, and the protection of labor policies for the people of Estonia. It highlights social inequality and the need to protect the interests of people with disabilities, pensioners, and families living in rural areas, emphasizing the importance of rights and freedoms, including limitations on data collection and tracking, and privacy.
06.2025
68 Speeches
It emphasizes the health and safety of children, the accessibility of schools and property maintenance, the mental health of young people, and support for single parents. A slim but important focus is on improving family resilience and expanding free kindergarten places, as well as protecting young people and low-income groups. At the same time, it raises issues concerning the protection of privacy and fundamental rights, highlighting the preservation of democratic freedoms.
05.2025
46 Speeches
The situation of pensioners and single elderly individuals is a central theme: risk of poverty, deficits in coping, delays in pension payments, food packages and means of subsistence. It emphasizes the issues of care home responsibility and legal entity accountability, as well as the protection of rape victims; it criticizes the government's humanitarian approach and demands better oversight and precedent-setting legislation.
04.2025
32 Speeches
Central would be social issues: people with disabilities and large families, poverty, rising crime; social justice and the protection of these groups during tax changes are emphasized; the impact of tax and social policy on the population will be strongly addressed.
03.2025
19 Speeches
It emphasizes the prevention of poverty and the special consideration of people with special needs and large families, highlighting the importance of protection; it brings out the inequality arising from the car tax and stresses constitutional protection and legitimacy. It names the necessary equal distinctions in the context of adapting cars for people with disabilities or compensating for taxes. Thereby, it presents social justice and protection as priorities.
02.2025
34 Speeches
It emphasizes the resilience of ordinary families, the protection of pensioners and people with disabilities, and the impact of the general decline in income; it underscored social justice and touches on the topics of young people and mental health in connection with information overload and media usage. It draws attention to social groups and directs criticism against the government's tax system’s impact on family life.
01.2025
39 Speeches
Assesses healthcare accessibility, mental health prevention, and opportunities for young people to remain in Estonia; highlights the importance of school psychologist advisory lines, suicide prevention programs, support for pensioners, and ensuring health insurance; criticism centers on the impact of inadequate funding on people’s health and wellbeing; emphasizes the wellbeing of residents as a priority for the state.
12.2024
25 Speeches
The focus is on people’s ability to cope and the extent of the impact of poverty: the increase in burglaries and the lack of money to buy necessities are seen as social problems that the state must address. Tax increases are criticized for their impact on the vulnerable and the situation of pensioners; the need to fund social security and care needs is emphasized. Pension increases are supported against coalition measures, and it is stressed that taxes deepen inequality and the social burden on people with lower incomes.
11.2024
34 Speeches
The primary focus is on protecting pensioners and improving the resilience of vulnerable groups; it criticizes the draft bill that reduces social support (e.g., the elimination of tax benefits for pensioners, the reduction of bed-day compensation, and the increase in fees for medical and care services). It speaks about single pensioners and people with low incomes, emphasizing that the impact of tax benefits and rising prices is strongest on them.
10.2024
40 Speeches
Addresses the issue of families' ability to cope: fluctuating tax and austerity measures affect families, the need for medication and healthcare services, and emphasizes the negative impact of private doctor visit fees, daily hospital charges, and rising drug prices. It criticizes cuts in the social sector and asserts that the ability of vulnerable groups to cope must be protected.
09.2024
20 Speeches
It highlights social protection and equality (the rights of pensioners and people with disabilities; social security; the well-being of young people). It supports the well-being of children and families (child funding, school meals, extracurricular education), emphasizing the demographic crisis and the impact of property prices on family plans. To reduce inequality, it stresses the need to protect vulnerable groups and promote a healthy lifestyle, school meals, and funding for sports and educational opportunities.
07.2024
3 Speeches
The speech focused on the protection of the rights and equal treatment of people with disabilities, the connections between fulfilling conventions, and reducing poverty; it differentiated priorities, including in the context of large families, rural areas, and increased risk of poverty. It highlights the social consequences and the need to maintain and expand support measures.
06.2024
39 Speeches
Emphasis is placed on the protection of vulnerable groups: people with disabilities, large families, minors, pensioners, and those requiring special care; it is emphasized that tax increases must not affect these distinctions and that sufficient compensation and special considerations must be ensured. The improvement of compensation for non-material damage and a responsible insurance system are being discussed; criticism is voiced that cuts in social services (special care, child rehabilitation) exacerbate inequality. The address is strongly value-based and prioritizes people’s well-being.
05.2024
65 Speeches
Social policy issues highlighted: the issue of teachers' salaries, the taxation of pensioners, support for people with disabilities, and the cost of social services. Prioritizing interests: ensuring the functioning of school life (supporting school sports, study grants), the well-being of children and families, and the inviolability of the home. It presents the need to consider the special circumstances and rights of all population groups, and criticizes the coalition’s attitude, which may increase inequality.
04.2024
61 Speeches
Heartfelt social themes: the protection of the rights of large families and people with disabilities, school meals and school sports, funding for education and healthcare, and general well-being. Repeatedly emphasized is the right to a better life, legal certainty, and that taxes should not lead the most vulnerable groups into economic hardship. The emotional speech focuses on the health of children, extracurricular activities, and the role of local governments in funding.
03.2024
34 Speeches
The speaker emphasizes social equality and the protection of large families, single parents, pensioners, and people living in rural areas; emphasizes constitutional social welfare and legal certainty, and criticism of government measures that promote unequal treatment or increase the risk of poverty. The lack of consideration for the specific needs of people with disabilities has also been highlighted, and there is a call to ensure social cohesion and support measures immediately, not later.
02.2024
14 Speeches
Regarding social issues, attention is being focused on the system of funding higher education, the balance between Estonian and English language instruction, and the impact of language development on regional competitiveness. It addresses the threat to democracy and security related to underfunding of higher education and emphasizes the importance of preserving linguistic and educational values. Additionally, it highlights education's role as a driver of social development and economic revitalization.
01.2024
30 Speeches
A major priority is education and youth development: it emphasizes a fair level of pay for teachers and the need for support services (such as school psychologists) to be fulfilled in schools; it considers a unified Estonian-language school to be important and discusses language and cultural unity. It notes that funding for education and funding for higher education are linked to the competitiveness of science and the economy.