By Months: Helir-Valdor Seeder
Total Months: 19
Fully Profiled: 19
10.2025
13 Speeches
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09.2025
25 Speeches
The primary social focus is on ensuring proficiency in the state language and a unified information space, while supporting the tightening of the language requirement for citizenship to the B2 level. They are also addressing the transition to Estonian-language education, firmly opposing any reversal of this policy. Furthermore, they support measures aimed at limiting the influence of congregations subordinate to Moscow, viewing this as a national security matter, rather than an infringement on religious freedom.
06.2025
28 Speeches
In social issues, he focuses on guaranteeing security and internal peace, supporting a bill that restricts the voting rights of third-country nationals. He warns against issuing a directive to law enforcement agencies (KAPO) that would be dangerous to the rule of law, allowing them to act more forcefully without legislative amendments. He also criticizes Europe's past "immigration enthusiasm" as a painful mistake.
05.2025
17 Speeches
The politician is focusing on ensuring national security by backing legislation that allows for the restriction of organizations (including religious associations and civil society groups) that pose a threat to Estonia's security. He stresses that long-term foresight is essential when dealing with security issues, while criticizing previous short-sighted decisions (such as joining the 2004 convention).
04.2025
14 Speeches
In the social sphere, he focuses on education and pensions. He criticizes proposals to cut pensions and alter indexation, and calls for a pay raise for teachers. Separately, he raises the issue of making vocational education fee-based and the status of Russian-language instruction at the Ida-Virumaa vocational center.
03.2025
12 Speeches
The primary social topic revolves around restricting voting rights in local elections exclusively to Estonian citizens. This measure is prompted by the changed security situation and the necessity of defining constitutional authority. He/She views this change as essential for internal peace and security, aiming to reduce Russia’s motivation to interfere in Estonian elections.
02.2025
36 Speeches
It focuses on education policy, criticizing the merger of schools for children with special needs (Maarjamaa School) without consulting stakeholders, and suspecting that cost-saving is the underlying motive. It highlights the demographic crisis and the absence of a family policy in the government's action plan. From a security standpoint, it deems dangerous the constitutional entrenchment of voting rights for individuals with undetermined citizenship, arguing that this increases security risks and impedes integration.
01.2025
13 Speeches
The central social theme is demography and family policy, which is viewed as a matter of national survival and the number one problem. The speaker sharply criticizes the reduction of benefits for large families, the abolition of joint tax declarations for spouses, and the elimination of funding for extracurricular activities. He demands stability in family policy and continuity that transcends individual governments.
12.2024
53 Speeches
The speaker is focusing on citizenship policy, demanding an amendment to the Citizenship Act to prohibit granting citizenship to individuals who have been repeatedly convicted of intentional crimes. He/She emphasizes that citizenship is a privilege, not a human right, and points to security risks. In the field of education, he/she supports maintaining an Estonian-language learning environment in kindergartens.
11.2024
89 Speeches
The primary social issue revolves around suffrage: there is a demand to strip Russian citizens and stateless individuals of their right to vote in local government elections, citing the need to enhance security and promote integration. Integration policy is deemed a failure, as authorities have been unable to motivate stateless persons to acquire Estonian citizenship over the past 30 years. He/She stresses that the right to vote cannot be granted based on the principle of sentiment or loyalty; rather, it must be based on legal status (citizenship).
10.2024
31 Speeches
In the social sphere, the speaker’s views are strongly conservative and security-oriented. He demands the restriction of granting citizenship to repeat offenders and actively opposes the voting rights of citizens of aggressor states in local elections, considering this a threat to national security. Furthermore, the transition to Estonian-language education is supported, and the government’s inaction regarding the issue of the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is criticized.
09.2024
24 Speeches
A strong focus directed towards the sustainability of the nation-state. It demands the revocation of voting rights for Russian and Belarusian citizens in local elections for the sake of security and the preservation of the nation-state, noting that native Estonian speakers are already a minority in Tallinn. It emphasizes the need to protect the Estonian-language information space, supporting the introduction of language requirements for platform workers and criticizing the delay in transitioning to Estonian-language education.
07.2024
30 Speeches
It focuses on the demographic crisis—namely the birth rate—calling it the biggest crisis for which the government lacks measures to find a solution. It also raises the issue of voting rights for Russian and Belarusian citizens in local elections as a security policy question, stating that it supports revoking this right.
06.2024
36 Speeches
The focus is on social welfare, condemning the reduction of family benefits during the demographic crisis and the taxation of pensions (labeled as "pension cuts"). It views the abolition of the state fee for marriage registration as a value-based issue and a reflection of the state's stance, supporting families with children and pensioners.
05.2024
54 Speeches
The sharpest social issue currently is the voting right of third-country nationals in local elections, which is viewed as a security threat and requires immediate resolution. He supports integration by incentivizing the acquisition of Estonian citizenship. Furthermore, he expresses strong moral opposition to the anonymous informing law (Whistleblower Protection Law), citing its negative impact on societal morale and historical memory.
04.2024
29 Speeches
It focuses intensely on demography and the support of large families, criticizing the government for pitting families against each other and canceling benefits. It highlights the security issue, demanding the revocation of voting rights for third-country nationals in local elections, considering this a crucial topic in light of reports from security agencies.
03.2024
9 Speeches
The primary social issue revolves around the voting rights of Russian and Belarusian citizens in local elections. This is being treated as a direct security concern, with calls for the termination of this right. Furthermore, the issues of education funding, teacher salaries, and the school network are being raised, emphasizing the parliament's crucial role in securing these agreements.
02.2024
22 Speeches
The central social and security issue is migration policy, emphasizing that the Estonian state is currently incapable of sufficiently integrating the existing influx of immigrants, a situation which is generating public anxiety and posing a security threat. It highlights the voting rights of Russian and Belarusian citizens in local elections as a serious internal security threat, demanding its termination.
01.2024
5 Speeches
Key social issues include the teachers' strike and the funding for the transition to Estonian-language education, the reduction of which (8 million euros) is deemed regrettable. Furthermore, the question of voting rights for Russian and Belarusian citizens is being treated as a serious security concern, requiring its swift resolution.