By Years: Irja Lutsar

The speaker represents the liberal and reform-minded positions of Eesti 200, strongly supporting personal autonomy (specifically, the Patient’s End-of-Life Declaration) and evidence-based governance. They are vigorously pro-reform, criticizing delays (such as the Tallinn Hospital project) and defending their party’s ministers (Pakosta) against no-confidence motions, all while stressing the urgent necessity of reforms. The political focus is centered on value-driven and policy-based development, particularly concerning the modernization of healthcare and science.

Politically, the speaker strongly emphasizes the crucial role of science and evidence-based decision-making as the bedrock for state existence and crisis resolution, contrasting sharply with emotion-driven politics. They firmly support maintaining science funding at 1% of GDP and advocate for liberal social measures, such as partial employment during illness and lowering the voting age. The speaker’s stance is clearly policy- and knowledge-driven, aligning with the views of Eesti 200.