By Plenary Sessions: Mihkel Lees

Total Sessions: 15

Fully Profiled: 15

2025-10-07
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The political focus centers on the issues of civil protection and internal security within the context of the budget and budget strategy. The speaker emphasizes that these sectors have so far been overshadowed by military national defense, and demands rapid progress and sufficient funding from the government. The position reflects moderately strong support for prioritizing civil protection.
2025-09-10
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session
The political focus is currently on reforming the nation’s crisis preparedness and security. The speaker strongly supports the proposed draft legislation, which establishes a unified framework for crisis preparation and resolution, replacing the previously scattered regulations. This stance is policy- and system-centric, emphasizing clarity in the chains of command and assigned tasks, and is motivated by recent international events (specifically, the drone incident in Poland).
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The political position is strongly pro-government and procedural, focusing on the consistent rejection of opposition proposals. The most prominent issue is Estonian security, where the faction firmly supports moving forward with the security tax bill. The faction criticizes the opposition's fatigue in addressing security topics, making security its top priority.
2025-06-04
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The political position is cautious and Europe-centric, emphasizing the need to wait for a common European Union decision regarding the abolition of daylight saving time in order to avoid rushing the Estonian legal framework—or, as the saying goes, "running ahead of the train." At the same time, it is acknowledged that changing the clocks can have a negative impact on people's health. S2 stresses the importance of a unified daylight saving time (or unified time standard) for the functioning of the internal market.
2025-05-19
15th Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The political stance is moderately supportive of the draft bill under discussion, referring to it as "perfectly decent." The primary focus areas are reducing bureaucracy and environmental conservation. The shaping of this position is clearly policy-driven and future-oriented.
2025-04-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The political priority is focused on boosting the physical activity levels of children and youth, which is being treated as a major public health concern impacting both mental and physical well-being. The stance taken is strongly policy- and solutions-oriented, demanding coordinated government efforts to tackle the issue. The speaker stresses that the challenge is significant, given that less than half of young people are physically active enough.
2025-04-09
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The political stance centers on safeguarding public health but stresses the necessity of relying on scientific consensus when evaluating the health effects of wind farms. The speaker is highly skeptical of claims linking wind turbines to long-term health issues, preferring institutional data (the Health Board) for policy development. The position is strongly policy- and data-driven.
2025-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The speaker strongly supports establishing a new survivor's benefit for children, viewing it as a necessary and fair step toward reducing inequality. This political position is grounded in both values and specific policy, emphasizing the importance of increasing the sense of security for individuals and families in an uncertain world. He/She represents the stance of the Reform Party faction, supporting a system that ensures economic stability for families even in tragic circumstances.
2025-03-10
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The political position is skeptical and procedure-based, calling into question the necessity of new investigative questions or tasks. Emphasis is placed on the overlap in the activities of existing Riigikogu committees and law enforcement agencies, pointing to a potential waste of resources. This approach is strongly focused on institutional efficiency and organizational management.
2025-02-12
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The political position is clearly supportive of the draft bill initiated by the Government of the Republic, which focuses on ensuring compliance with EU law in the field of product safety. Emphasis is placed on the need to update the regulation and ensure fair and transparent charging of accreditation fees. The approach is heavily policy- and procedure-centric, focusing on the technical implementation of the legislative amendments.
2024-12-12
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The political position focuses on regulatory issues, particularly standardization, accreditation, and cybersecurity. The speaker strongly supports the further processing of the draft bill, emphasizing the procedural and political framework. The main emphasis is on consumer protection in the context of the security of smart devices and goods ordered from third countries.
2024-11-20
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The political stance involves strong support for the government's social and pension policies, emphasizing achievements and stability. The speaker defends the ongoing care reform and the targeted allocation of benefits for pensioners living alone, while highlighting the significant pension hikes implemented in recent years. The overall framework is distinctly results-oriented, focusing on facts and figures to demonstrate the success of the policy. This position strongly backs the current draft legislation concerning the cessation of benefit payments to elderly individuals residing in care homes.
2024-10-16
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting
The speaker strongly supports budget cuts and identifying areas for savings, deeming this necessary during difficult times, and supports moving forward with the specific draft bill aimed at eliminating the allowance for single pensioners residing in care homes. The political position is fiscally disciplined, emphasizing that while cuts must be made in the social sector, they must be implemented carefully so that target groups are not left vulnerable. The speaker represents the stance of the Reform Party faction, stressing the positive impact of implementing this policy.
2024-10-10
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fourth sitting, plenary session.
Political activity focuses on the Riigikogu's rules of procedure and general parliamentary procedural issues. Both speakers firmly support the proposal put forward by the Reform Party faction to take a ten-minute recess before the vote on the motion to adjourn. This is a procedurally driven position, the aim of which is to influence the course of the sitting.
2024-06-13
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Third Session, Plenary Session
The political position is clearly value-based, focusing on the oath of loyalty to the Republic of Estonia and its constitutional order. The speaker expresses a strong commitment to the constitutional order, which is articulated in the form of an oath of office. Specific political stances or directions are not evident from the speeches.