By Months: Urmas Kruuse

Total Months: 18

Fully Profiled: 18

10.2025

3 Speeches

Insufficient data
09.2025

9 Speeches

The social sector is focusing on education reform, questioning the scientific relevance of entrance exams for both first grade and gymnasium. Furthermore, emphasis is placed on civil liberties, criticizing the initiation of criminal proceedings for registering one's place of residence and seeking recommendations for the Riigikogu (Parliament) on how to amend this situation.
06.2025

5 Speeches

The speaker focuses on protecting citizens' privacy and easing the administrative burden. He criticizes the overly detailed control local governments maintain over the residence register, considering it an infringement on privacy and obsolete, especially given the reality of people having multiple residences.
05.2025

14 Speeches

The speaker focuses on the quality of education (financial literacy, integrating AI into the curriculum), social justice (ensuring that social welfare assists those in need with paying for food costs), and public health/national defense (concern over the low physical fitness of young men when they are called up for military service).
04.2025

2 Speeches

In the social sphere, security and the protection of society are the top priority, requiring that prisoners transferred from foreign countries be prevented from infiltrating Estonian society. Furthermore, emphasis is placed on developing culture (authors' royalties) and the sports potential of young people to prevent talented athletes from dropping out of the system.
03.2025

1 Speeches

There is too little data.
02.2025

12 Speeches

The speaker strongly emphasizes the physical health and fitness of young people, promoting daily physical activity in schools as a tool for improving mental health and overall performance. He notes with concern the physical weakness observed in young people upon entering military service and offers simple solutions (such as self-directed exercise and assessment at home). Additionally, he addresses issues concerning animal welfare and the enforcement of pet ownership regulations at the local government level.
01.2025

12 Speeches

Social issues addressed include employer-employee relations and employee working conditions, emphasizing that these are clearly regulated by legislation in Estonia and are subject to the supervision of the Labor Inspectorate. Animal welfare is also highlighted in the context of the notification obligation related to the Equidae Breeding Act.
12.2024

2 Speeches

The primary social issue concerns occupational safety and employer-employee relations, which are discussed within the context of social conditionality. The speaker stresses that unfair employment practices are not tolerated within the Estonian cultural sphere, thus supporting robust social standards. He points to the supervisory jurisdiction of the Labour Inspectorate as an existing social protection mechanism.
11.2024

7 Speeches

He/She takes a strong position supporting the continuation of state funding for abortion, seeing it as part of a wider healthcare context whose ultimate goal is to reduce the overall number of abortions. He/She sharply criticizes the stigmatization of women, stressing that classifying abortion as a healthcare service is necessary because of the extremely high health risks posed by unregulated, underground procedures.
10.2024

7 Speeches

The speaker sharply raises the issue of social insecurity, which is linked to the discrimination faced by large families due to the growth of subsidies and the rise in child support arrears (which now amount to 100 million). He/She connects this insecurity with political pressure aimed at increasing the birth rate and the diminishing reliability of partnerships, also pointing out the impact of the war and the objective postponement of the age of childbirth.
09.2024

9 Speeches

The speaker addresses social issues related to child protection and education, emphasizing children's right to necessary support services, even when this calls into question the personal autonomy of parents. He/She criticizes the school lunch subsidy system, expressing concern over the decline in food quality, and advocates for combining the contributions of the state, local government, and parents to ensure high-quality school meals.
06.2024

2 Speeches

No data available.
05.2024

6 Speeches

The main social focus is on early childhood education, emphasizing its positive impact on PISA results and the need to ensure flexibility for local governments in organizing childcare. He/She also defends electoral freedom, stressing that e-voting is an option, not a requirement.
04.2024

13 Speeches

In terms of social issues, she focuses on the occupational stress and mental well-being of veterinarians, as well as animal welfare and public health more broadly. She emphasizes that veterinary medicine is a regulated profession directly linked to food security, and considers it to be just as important as medical education.
03.2024

6 Speeches

He/She focuses on education policy, studying the reasons for dropping out of school (academic versus emotional/empathetic) and the role of extracurricular activities. In the context of healthcare, he/she emphasizes the importance of people's own involvement and behavior, as well as the link between higher education and a longer lifespan. He/She questions the effectiveness of injecting additional funds into the Health Insurance Fund (Tervisekassa) compared to investing in education.
02.2024

13 Speeches

The speaker focuses on food safety and informing consumers through allergen labeling, emphasizing the adequacy of existing regulations. They also raise a social concern regarding the rise of emotional analysis and the growing influence of social media in public discourse, which may overshadow rational thinking.
01.2024

5 Speeches

The primary social issue is education, centered on ensuring sustainable salaries for teachers and accelerating the reform of the school network. The objective is to guarantee the best and most optimized educational services, while avoiding overemphasizing the school building itself as a mere structure. The issue of the teachers' strike is also mentioned.