By Months: Helir-Valdor Seeder

Total Months: 11

Fully Profiled: 11

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12.2024

53 Speeches

The speaker addresses issues of regional policy, criticizing the regional minister's plan to create four new "oblasts" as illogical and centralizing foolishness. Specific areas are mentioned (Viljandi Adult Gymnasium, Paide football hall), and the role of local governments (including development centers) is emphasized.
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11.2024

89 Speeches

Regionally, he/she focuses on the logic of administrative division, advocating for the preservation of counties as the optimal level of regional governance. He/she criticizes the creation of artificial regional areas that do not align with local identity, county borders, or attraction centers, calling this a lack of "rational logic." In the context of security, Narva and Ida-Virumaa are mentioned repeatedly, referencing the autonomy aspirations of the 1990s.
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10.2024

31 Speeches

The speaker's focus is predominantly on national and security policy issues, such as citizenship, internal security, and the structure of ministries. Specific regional or local topics are absent, although the issues concerning public transport subsidies and the Land and Spatial Planning Agency have an indirect regional impact.
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09.2024

24 Speeches

The text focuses on issues of regional development and local self-government, highlighting the city of Paide as an example of the unfair redistribution of the revenue base. It emphasizes the need for stable state funding for regional cultural diversity (Seto, Võro, Mulgi), contrasting permanent state institutions with project-based institutes. Furthermore, it criticizes the unrealistic nature of the public transport reform and supports increased car usage (motorization) in rural areas.
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07.2024

30 Speeches

A strong regional focus, highlighting the plight of residents in rural and sparsely populated areas and the disruption of regional balance. Criticism is directed at the negative impact of the car tax on rural residents, for whom a vehicle is absolutely essential, as well as the reduction of the public transport network. The government's policy is being dubbed "perverse regional policy."
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06.2024

36 Speeches

A strong regional focus, emphasizing the negative impact of tax hikes (especially the car tax) on residents of rural areas, for whom a car is an essential means of subsistence. It criticizes the amendments to the Land Tax Act, calling them "regional policy turned upside down" because they increase, rather than level out, the disparity in local government revenues.
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05.2024

54 Speeches

The focus is primarily on national and security policy issues linked to the international context (the war in Ukraine, EU directives). Regarding regional policy, he criticizes the amendments to the Land Tax Act, which, in his estimation, increase inequality between the municipalities surrounding Tallinn and those further afield. He also mentions the historical experience of Mulgimaa in the context of denunciation.
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04.2024

29 Speeches

The focus is primarily national (security, demography, election laws). It mentions the context of negotiations in the Tallinn City Council regarding the voting rights of third-country nationals. It also refers to the need for cars among large families, especially outside major cities, in connection with the proposed car tax.
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03.2024

9 Speeches

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02.2024

22 Speeches

A strong regional focus on opposing the car tax, emphasizing its negative impact on sparsely populated areas and rural residents, for whom a car is an essential means of transportation. It also raises integration problems in Ida-Virumaa related to earlier immigration.
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01.2024

5 Speeches

The focus is predominantly national, addressing the central government budget, education reform, and security issues. The regional aspect concerns support for maintaining rural schools and the burden placed on local governments by the welfare reform, but these issues are subordinated to the broader national themes.
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