Session Profile: Pipi-Liis Siemann

15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting

2025-10-09

Political Position
The political focus is currently on boosting state efficiency and productivity, particularly within the public sector. The speaker offers moderate criticism regarding the state's failure to reduce the number of civil servants, despite technological advancements. They also advocate for using artificial intelligence to cut down on bureaucracy and government expenditures. This stance is clearly results-oriented, emphasizing practical solutions to ensure efficient processing capabilities and rapid service delivery.

2 Speeches Analyzed
Topic Expertise
The speaker demonstrates expertise in public sector management, efficiency metrics, and the application of technology (artificial intelligence), drawing a distinction between productivity and efficiency within the public sector. Furthermore, they are familiar with the growth challenges and processing capacity limitations of the e-residency program, specifically questioning the feasibility of meeting concrete service standards (the two-to-three-week target).

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Rhetorical Style
The rhetorical style is analytical, formal, and interrogative, focusing on logical and practical application problems. The speaker poses direct questions to the presenter concerning the technological direction and the limits of procedural capacity within the public sector, adopting a tone that is more concerned than optimistic regarding the slow progress observed so far.

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Activity Patterns
The records indicate attendance at the Riigikogu plenary session on October 9, 2025, during which questions were posed regarding two separate reports concerning technological development and the delivery of public services.

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Opposition Stance
The criticism is aimed more at the structural inertia and the slow pace of procedural processes within the public sector, which prevents the reduction of staff numbers. Specific political opponents or groups are not being criticized.

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Collaboration Style
The speaker is collaborative, calling for joint action and strategic planning to enhance public sector efficiency, and asking: "What could we start doing together to achieve this?"

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Regional Focus
The focus is squarely on national and international issues, covering Estonian public sector reform, the integration of artificial intelligence, and the expansion of the e-residency program.

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Economic Views
Economic perspectives stress the importance of reducing state expenditure and bureaucracy, a goal that aligns with entrepreneurs' desires for a more efficient government. Programs that foster economic growth, such as e-residency, are supported, but emphasis is placed on the need to ensure the quality of services and processing capacity, even in the face of increasing demand.

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Social Issues
Insufficient data.

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Legislative Focus
The focus is on strategic policy development and implementation, particularly concerning the integration of artificial intelligence into the public sector and ensuring the administrative capacity of the e-residency program. The speaker operates primarily as a strategic guide and an agenda setter, rather than initiating specific legislative drafts.

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