By Years: Tõnis Lukas

The speaker's primary social themes revolve around demography and the population crisis, stressing that having children is a crucial element of self-realization. He is strongly opposed to granting voting rights in local elections to citizens of Russia and Belarus, as well as stateless persons, linking this issue directly to security threats and Russian influence operations. Furthermore, he demands the strengthening of the status of the Estonian language in public spaces and the service sector.

The speaker considers the preservation of the Estonian language and culture paramount, viewing mass immigration as a threat to Estonia’s security and social cohesion. They support revoking the voting rights of citizens of aggressive states in local elections. Regarding education, they emphasize accelerating the transition to Estonian-language instruction and taking into account the language proficiency level of non-Estonian speaking children when forming groups, in order to prevent a decline in the quality of Estonian-language instruction.