By Months: Riina Solman
Total Months: 8
Fully Profiled: 8
10.2025
51 Speeches
While the focus is on the national organization of education, examples are given of the breadth of the issues, citing the concerns of parents in Valga municipality, Ida-Viru County, and Tallinn. This regional focus is illustrative, highlighting the fact that national changes have created problems throughout Estonia.
09.2025
48 Speeches
The regional focus addresses the issues of sparsely populated areas and the migration of people from rural regions (including Ida-Virumaa and the islands) to major centers. It is emphasized that there is a need to restore the hobby group subsidy for large families, which provided significant assistance to many families in rural areas. Questions are also being asked regarding the plans for restoring financial instruments for local governments.
06.2025
45 Speeches
The strong regional focus is on marginalization and regional inequality, which is worsening due to tax hikes and internal migration. Specific emphasis is placed on the problems in Ida-Viru County (the closure of Toila Gymnasium, poverty) and rural areas (secondary roads). He/She is calling for the creation of regional support packages to keep life viable outside the "golden circle" of Tallinn and Tartu.
05.2025
38 Speeches
A strong regional focus, highlighting the emptying out of rural areas and regional inequality, stemming from the loss of essential services (shops, public transport, state institutions) and the rising cost of living. It calls for local governments (KOV) to be financially incentivized to create jobs (via corporate income tax directed to KOVs) and criticizes the reorganization of educational institutions in Hiiumaa.
04.2025
33 Speeches
The speaker focuses heavily on the problem of regional decline (peripheralization), particularly in the context of poverty and the internal migration pressure that forces people to move to Tallinn and Harju County. Separate emphasis is placed on the socio-economic importance of Ida-Viru County and its high rate of relative poverty (affecting over one third of the population), demanding the preservation of oil shale-based energy production.
03.2025
24 Speeches
Although the focus is national, it is emphasized that government policies (especially the car tax and cuts to family benefits) hit large families the hardest *in rural areas*, where a car is an essential means of transport. In the context of security, Ida-Virumaa and the Narva border crossing are mentioned as a theater of hybrid warfare.
02.2025
19 Speeches
The focus is primarily national and international (security, Israel, Russia). Regionally, the security of rural areas concerning predators (wolves) is addressed, with emphasis placed on the safety of children traveling to school. Furthermore, the Tallinn city government (Lasnamäe) is criticized regarding issues surrounding national symbols and Estonian-language education.
01.2025
21 Speeches
It focuses heavily on the deepening inequality between rural areas and regions, criticizing the detrimental impact of government policy on rural life. It stresses that the car tax and the declining availability of services (such as state institutions) hit large families in rural areas particularly hard, citing examples like the closure of shops in Põlva municipality.