By Plenary Sessions: Tõnis Lukas
Total Sessions: 3
Fully Profiled: 3
2025-09-17
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, press briefing.
The political position strongly focuses on protecting the role of the Estonian language in services and employment, emphasizing its constitutional importance. The speaker urgently demands the modernization of the Language Act to establish new requirements for foreign labor and platform workers. The government's inaction is viewed as an underestimation of the crucial role of the state language, making the position value-based and strongly supportive of regulation.
2025-09-16
Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.
The political position strongly focuses on protecting the Estonian language and upholding its honor, directly linking this to the dignity of the Estonian people. The speaker sharply criticizes the current state of affairs where government agencies require proficiency in Russian while Estonian-language service is diminishing, labeling this era "perverse." The stance is fundamentally value-driven and defensive.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
It focuses intensely on issues of education and language policy, adopting a sharply confrontational stance regarding the government's failure to deliver on its promises. It demands a substantial increase in teacher salaries (at least 120% of the average) and the regulation of working conditions, pressuring the government to take concrete steps to avert a strike. The political framework is primarily outcome-oriented, emphasizing the necessity of protecting the national educated class and the status of the Estonian language in the public sphere.