By Months: Heljo Pikhof

Total Months: 17

Fully Profiled: 17

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10.2025

4 Speeches

The regional focus is heavily centered on Southern Estonia and the city of Tartu, stressing that security in this area is deteriorating rather than improving. Concern is voiced over Tartu's reputation, which risks transforming from a university city into a prison city, and reference is made to the shortage of police officers, particularly in Southern Estonia (Tartu, Põlva, Valga).
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09.2025

28 Speeches

The speaker has a clear regional focus, highlighting the decline in security in Southern Estonia due to the prison service and the critical role of high-speed internet connectivity in developing rural areas. He views regional policy as a vital issue linked to employment, entrepreneurship, and attracting young people to rural areas. The issue of educational inequality also encompasses regional disparities in the availability of teachers and support services.
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06.2025

36 Speeches

The focus is on national laws and nationwide inequality (education, lending). Regional inequality is highlighted using concrete examples, particularly by contrasting kindergarten fees in Tallinn and Tartu, while criticizing the Reform Party’s long-term governance of Tartu. Rae municipality is also mentioned in relation to early education migration.
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05.2025

7 Speeches

The focus is strictly national, addressing nationwide social policies (pensions, unemployment benefits) and environmental regulations that affect all Estonian landowners and forests. Specific regional projects or local communities are absent.
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04.2025

1 Speeches

The focus is on national legislation that affects all people in Estonia, particularly those who are employed. Significant emphasis is placed on international comparison, drawing examples from vacation compensation practices in several European countries (e.g., Belgium, Bulgaria, Malta). There is no regional or local focus.
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03.2025

1 Speeches

The focus is at the national level, centering on the sense of security felt by the Estonian people and the overall state of national defense. There is no reference to specific regional or international topics, although the fear of war points to a wider geopolitical context.
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02.2025

10 Speeches

The focus is distinctly national and international, analyzing the situation in Estonia (youth social media usage, reform of the science system) in comparison with other European countries (Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Latvia, France, the USA, Australia) and international organizations. There is no specific local or regional emphasis.
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01.2025

1 Speeches

The focus is clearly on the national level (the Estonian lifelong learning system) and the international context (European education terminology and trends). Specific local or regional projects are not mentioned.
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12.2024

4 Speeches

The focus is comprehensive, centered on the national education system and young people entering the labor market. To support their arguments, the politician draws on international comparisons with Finland and Germany, emphasizing those countries' positive experiences regarding longer compulsory schooling and robust vocational training systems.
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11.2024

19 Speeches

The speaker's focus is primarily national and international. The regional aspect comes to the fore in the context of the education bill, where he notes that ensuring the fulfillment of compulsory education creates a varying workload for local governments (LG) and especially for Tallinn. Internationally, he emphasizes Estonia's credibility in the world and criticizes the drawing of dividing lines between states in the constitution.
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09.2024

2 Speeches

The focus is clearly on the national level, addressing nationwide building requirements pertaining to new homes, and the amendment of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Act.
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06.2024

9 Speeches

Pikhof’s focus is clearly on the national and international level. He emphasizes the importance of pan-European solutions (e.g., the Digital Services Act, EU Wallet) in regulating cross-border services and ensuring the compliance of Estonian domestic law with EU rules. A local or regional focus is absent.
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05.2024

6 Speeches

The focus is primarily national and international, highlighting Estonian high culture and its international credibility in Europe and globally. Tallinn is mentioned in the context of boosting the capital's profile through the cultural project, but there is no narrower regional or local government focus beyond Tallinn itself.
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04.2024

11 Speeches

The focus is split between national topics (education policy, the prioritization list for cultural buildings) and international issues (Ukrainian war refugees). Regionally, cultural projects in Tartu (SÜKU, the location of the Estonian National Museum/ERM) and Tallinn (the Estonia Theatre extension) are highlighted, with one speaker notably emphasizing the need to strengthen the Tartu city center.
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03.2024

2 Speeches

The focus is entirely national, addressing cultural structures of nationwide importance (the new ERR building) and social guarantees that concern all Estonian creative professionals. Regional or local topics are not covered.
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02.2024

12 Speeches

The focus is primarily on national cultural projects and legislation impacting the entire creative sector in Estonia. The Narva project, which ranks among the nationally important cultural construction projects, is mentioned, with the note that its completion has been delayed. Significant support is also being channeled to cultural sites in Tallinn (the ERR building, the Estonia Theatre expansion).
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01.2024

9 Speeches

The focus is strongly regional, emphasizing the importance of rural schools and sparsely populated areas, and warning about the devastating consequences that the loss of rural schools would have on regional development and the economy. Specific solutions are being proposed, such as multipurpose community centers and place-based teacher training (for example, in Ida-Virumaa or Setomaa), in order to keep young people living in rural areas. The significant disparities between rural and urban schools are also being addressed.
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