By Months: Riina Sikkut
Total Months: 6
Fully Profiled: 6
10.2025
18 Speeches
This political stance is heavily centered on mitigating socio-economic inequality via the education system, stressing the state's responsibility for alleviating the resulting effects. The speaker advocates for proactive, supplementary support for schools serving students from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, aiming to prevent both school closures and a drop in educational quality. The approach is policy- and outcome-driven, requiring clear directives and action plans from the minister.
09.2025
66 Speeches
The speaker is a strong opposition voice, focusing on fiscal responsibility, social justice, and the strategic development of the state. Their main stances are directed at criticizing the unequal tax structure (the abolition of the tax hump is a gift to the wealthy) and irresponsible budget policy (the doubling of the debt burden). The political framework is strongly policy-driven, demanding concrete and measurable goals from the government regarding regional and labor market policies.
06.2025
50 Speeches
The political position is strongly oppositional, focusing on social security and the sustainability of state finances. The most crucial issues are raising the subsistence minimum, abolishing kindergarten placement fees, and resolving the concern regarding the balancing of permanent revenues and permanent expenditures. There is strong support for the defense policy step of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention. The political framework is value-based and results-oriented, emphasizing social democratic priorities and criticizing the government's tax choices that exacerbate inequality.
05.2025
49 Speeches
The speaker represents a strong social democratic and feminist position, focusing on social justice, regional policy, and gender equality. She/He is a sharp critic of the government’s tax policy (the VAT increase, the abolition of the tax bracket system/tax hump), demanding fair taxation (a progressive income tax) and the securing of social guarantees. The political framework is clearly value-based, emphasizing the need to protect democracy and the rule of law through social democratic principles.
04.2025
23 Speeches
The political platform is heavily focused on social justice, supporting the adoption of the gender equality directive and opposing amendments to the Employment Contracts Act that shift business risks onto employees. The individual calls for a strategic approach from the government (e.g., ENMAK) and criticizes the bureaucracy that impedes rapid patient treatment. Their positions are strongly value-based, emphasizing equality, health, and individual autonomy.
03.2025
4 Speeches
The political focus is heavily centered on democratic procedural rules and the integrity of the process, raising the question of whether the end justifies the means. Although the speaker substantively supports revoking the voting rights of citizens of aggressor states, he sharply criticizes the handling of the constitutional amendment bill as unacceptable, pointing out stylistic incompatibilities and last-minute changes that impact the voting rights of over 60,000 people. His position is value-driven, underscoring the importance of the democratic process itself.