By Months: Mart Maastik
Total Months: 11
Fully Profiled: 11
12.2024
35 Speeches
There is a strong regional focus on Saaremaa and its coastal areas, highlighting the negative impacts that the offshore wind farm project will have on local residents and the environment. It also mentions the 140 km electricity infrastructure planned for Saaremaa and the special planning process underway for high-voltage lines in Harjumaa. The text criticizes the government's plan to create four regional special representatives (dubbed "sowing commissioners") as an unreasonable waste of resources.
11.2024
43 Speeches
A very strong regional focus on the West Estonian islands (Hiiumaa and Saaremaa). It highlights the danger of the Hiiumaa Vocational School declining and the reduction of specialist medical care at Kuressaare Hospital. It emphasizes that government policy (tax hikes, increased ferry ticket prices, school closures) is killing life in rural areas and transforming Saaremaa from a tourism destination into an industrial park.
10.2024
23 Speeches
The speaker focuses heavily on the Saaremaa region, using their own place of residence as a prime example of the detrimental effect of government policy. They emphasize the crucial importance of the ferry link, calling it the islands' "road extension," and criticize the hike in ticket prices, which is damaging local tourism and residents' lives. They propose that the ferry operator's profits should be shared with the local municipalities.
09.2024
8 Speeches
A strong regional focus is placed on Saaremaa and Muhumaa, emphasizing the interests of local residents (80,000 property owners) and nature in connection with the construction of offshore wind farms and high-voltage power lines. He/She notes that the public interest in Saaremaa is the preservation of nature and the avoidance of mistakes. Additionally, he/she raised the border issue concerning the Saatse Boot, referencing the Treaty of Tartu.
07.2024
5 Speeches
A strong regional focus is placed on the ability of rural residents to cope, emphasizing that the car tax will make life impossible for people living in the countryside. Examples are provided from personal life in rural areas, where a car is essential due to the lack of public transportation. Saaremaa is also mentioned in connection with the ironic metaphor of the "sheep state."
06.2024
28 Speeches
A strong focus was placed on the issues facing rural areas and local municipalities, stressing that the car tax and land tax will hit rural residents—those without access to public transportation—the hardest. Examples from Saaremaa were cited (the Land Rover Defender, the condition of the roads, hemp growers), and it was emphasized that large vehicles are needed in rural areas as essential utility items, not as luxuries.
05.2024
24 Speeches
A strong regional focus is currently placed on Saaremaa and Muhumaa, particularly regarding the planning of the offshore wind farm and the proposed route for the new Estonia-Latvia electricity grid. The negative impact of these projects on local residents, property owners (80,000 properties), and coastal community associations is being stressed. Furthermore, problems encountered by Saaremaa land surveying offices due to a malfunction at the Land Board (Maa-amet) are also being highlighted.
04.2024
30 Speeches
The focus is primarily on national and international topics (demographics, energy security, and business related to Russia). Regional attention is limited to the mention of the Narva Power Plants and industrial projects in Ida-Virumaa, which are connected to broader national energy and economic strategies.
03.2024
14 Speeches
The speaker's focus is primarily on national issues (defense expenditures, education, demographics, the prosecutor's office) and pan-European topics (Euribor, the EU biofuel saga). There are no references to specific local or regional issues.
02.2024
28 Speeches
A very strong regional focus is placed on Saaremaa and remote areas, using these regions as prime examples of the negative effects of tax hikes. It is stressed that the proposed car tax will make doing business especially difficult in peripheral regions, and that rural residents rely on cars to take their children to school due to the lack of adequate public transportation. Concerns are also raised regarding the preservation of revenue streams for municipalities in these remote areas.
01.2024
12 Speeches
The speaker is heavily focused on regional issues, specifically addressing the reliability of electricity supply and the poor condition of the networks in Saaremaa and Hiiumaa. He brings up personal experience (power outages at home) and references the local political environment (the Saaremaa Municipal Council). Furthermore, he proposes participating in nuclear energy production in Finland as an alternative way to avoid security risks and waste storage in Estonia.