By Plenary Sessions: Tõnis Lukas

Total Sessions: 4

Fully Profiled: 4

2025-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The speaker focused on public sector funding, criticizing the government's assertion that there are insufficient funds for the transition to Estonian-language instruction (such as creating smaller study groups), arguing instead that resources are plentiful. The speaker also supports a pay rise for teachers, viewing it as a sign of valuing their profession.
2025-05-14
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session
Economic views support the payment of compensation to owners of private forests and properties upon which nature conservation restrictions have been imposed. This demonstrates support for the protection of property rights and state compensation for regulatory restrictions, extending this principle to new categories of real estate.
2025-05-07
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, information briefing
Economic views are focused on protecting the domestic labor market, opposing the introduction of cheap labor, which drives down wages and forces Estonians to emigrate. It supports higher wage levels as the solution to labor needs and criticizes the tendency to blame the lack of coordination between the education system and the labor market when the real issue is low pay.
2025-05-05
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
Economic views center on regional fairness and the more even distribution of investments, noting that state institutions in Tallinn were created by all Estonian taxpayers. The need is stressed to stop this unequally rolling "snowball" and ensure decent living conditions and an available workforce in rural areas too, supporting, for example, farmers and haulers.