By Months: Urmas Reinsalu
Total Months: 19
Fully Profiled: 19
10.2025
22 Speeches
The speaker primarily functions as an opposition watchdog, posing sharp questions to the government. He defends his colleague (Helir-Valdor Seeder) in parliament, emphasizing dignity and a good communication style. Active cooperation or a willingness to compromise with the government is not reflected in these speeches.
09.2025
85 Speeches
The speaker emphasizes the necessity of national consensus in defense policy, supporting joint declarations (Baltic security assistance) and calling for the conclusion of a national defense pact. While the style directed at the government is confrontational, the speaker notes cooperation with entrepreneurs, legal experts, and advocates for civil liberties in resisting government initiatives.
06.2025
75 Speeches
The speaker employs a confrontational style of cooperation, focusing on presenting the Isamaa party's positions and opposing the government's policies. He stresses that Isamaa will not join a government that pursues poor policy, and sharply criticizes the coalition's failure to engage in substantive dialogue. Collaboration is viewed solely within the scope of opposition activities, such as supporting motions of no confidence.
05.2025
63 Speeches
Cooperation with the ruling coalition is entirely absent; the style is purely adversarial and demanding. It highlights the initiatives of the Isamaa faction (such as suspending the processing of bills) and points to external support (the Central Union of Employers, the National Audit Office, energy experts). It demands that the government back down from its blunders and adopt Isamaa's proposals (a tax moratorium, a negative supplementary budget).
04.2025
43 Speeches
The speaker is actively seeking cooperation with opposition forces and independent MPs ("a united front against price hikes") in order to form a majority against the government’s policies. He is looking hopefully towards the Social Democrats and the newly seated member of parliament, Stig Rästa, demonstrating a readiness for non-coalition cooperation to achieve specific political objectives.
03.2025
61 Speeches
The speaker is open to cooperation with the opposition and experts, offering the government "goodwill recommendations" and alternative solutions. He emphasizes the need for common ground among political forces regarding national defense and constitutional issues, but rules out any coalition cooperation with the current government, calling it "the wrong path."
02.2025
26 Speeches
The speaker calls for cooperation and dialogue with all political forces in parliament, particularly regarding security and constitutional reform. He emphasizes the need to reach high-quality, substantive agreements that genuinely serve Estonia's interests, and proposes forming a parliamentary investigation committee to study energy policy. Concurrently, he criticizes the coalition partners (SDE) for their lack of cooperation on security issues.
01.2025
58 Speeches
The willingness to cooperate is conditional: the government can rely on Isamaa’s support only on critical national defense issues, and only if military advice is heeded. Cooperation is taking place within the opposition (for instance, reference is made to the Centre Party’s draft bill), and coalition members are being urged to vote according to national interests rather than based on party slogans.
12.2024
78 Speeches
The style of cooperation is oppositional and demanding; there is a lack of openness to compromise with the coalition, as he/she believes the government's policy is "fundamentally wrong." He/She calls on all members of parliament to vote against the tax increases and appeals to the President of the Republic with a request to consider declining to promulgate the 2025 budget. He/She emphasizes Isamaa's support for foreign missions, but simultaneously criticizes the government's broader management of defense expenditures.
11.2024
100 Speeches
In the current parliamentary context, the style of cooperation is confrontational, but the speaker calls upon the government to engage in dialogue and seek common ground, particularly on issues concerning constitutional amendments and budget transparency. He emphasizes that Isamaa’s alternative budget presents a rational option, yet the coalition has blocked its vote, which constitutes a disregard for democratic cooperation. The speaker expresses a willingness to support high-quality technical draft legislation.
10.2024
57 Speeches
The tone towards the government is confrontational and uncompromising, especially in fiscal policy, demanding the rejection of draft legislation. On security issues (Holodomor, the Moscow Patriarchate, defense investments), there is a call for national consensus and cooperation with all political forces. However, cooperation requires the government to adjust its political position and abandon narrow party-political interests.
09.2024
27 Speeches
The speaker calls upon the government to engage in a substantive dialogue with the opposition, stakeholders, and entrepreneurs regarding the economy. He stresses the necessity of a consensus-based approach to national defense funding, which should be guided by the advice of the Commander of the Defense Forces. He is ready to seek common ground in resolving critical issues and notes a rare alignment with the stance of political opponents (Kallas, Ligi) concerning corporate income tax.
07.2024
23 Speeches
Operating in the name of the Isamaa faction, [the entity] is calling for broader, extra-parliamentary cooperation, appealing to both opposition members of parliament and members of the ruling coalition (e.g., asking them not to vote in a no-confidence motion). This refers back to earlier, unsuccessful attempts at cooperation aimed at reducing administrative costs, where Isamaa’s proposals were voted down.
06.2024
40 Speeches
The subject works closely on behalf of the Isamaa faction, submitting joint inquiries and alternative budget proposals. They point to cooperation with members of other opposition parties (Helir-Valdor Seeder, Priit Sibul, Rain Epler) in resisting the motor vehicle tax. Instead of seeking compromise with the ruling coalition, the demand is for a fundamental change in government policy and the issuing of ultimatums.
05.2024
63 Speeches
The speaker positions Isamaa as a responsible force ready to "step in" and help the government stabilize the state's finances. He calls for a cross-party agreement to postpone the Reform Party's tax bulge and supports consensus on security issues (aid to Ukraine, frozen Russian assets). At the same time, he sharply criticizes the internal "horse-trading" among the coalition partners (Reform Party, Social Democrats) regarding energy policy.
04.2024
11 Speeches
In terms of cooperation, the speaker supports Jüri Ratas’s candidacy for Deputy Speaker of the Riigikogu, emphasizing his invaluable experience and composure in critical conflict situations. The approach adopted toward the government coalition is confrontational, even though Isamaa is ironically offering assistance in defending the coalition agreement.
03.2024
10 Speeches
It refers to cooperation within its own parliamentary group (the Isamaa faction) and proposes cross-parliamentary cooperation via the formation of a Riigikogu investigative committee. It seeks international cooperation with neighboring countries (Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland) to implement national sanctions, but notes that Estonia's proposals have been rejected.
02.2024
33 Speeches
The speaker demonstrates a willingness to cooperate with opposition factions (e.g., by protesting against the agenda). He has repeatedly offered "a helping hand" to the government and proposed concluding a broad-based economic growth pact between political parties and business leaders, but notes that the government has rejected these proposals.
01.2024
5 Speeches
The style of cooperation is conditional: the speaker expresses a desire to begin discussions in a benevolent and cooperative manner, but simultaneously demands the government rapidly correct its current handling of economic policy. As a sign of cooperation, Isamaa’s January work plan was handed over, which essentially requires a change to the government's action plan.