By Months: Urmas Reinsalu
Total Months: 11
Fully Profiled: 11
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.