By Months: Riina Solman
Total Months: 19
Fully Profiled: 19
10.2025
20 Speeches
The main social issues are the quality of education, students' mental health, and school-related stress, which stem from moving exams earlier and the increased workload. The speaker stresses the necessity of ensuring children have the opportunity for retake exams and sufficient time to mature, in order to prevent them from graduating with failing grades and to guarantee their future educational opportunities.
09.2025
44 Speeches
The focus of social policy is the declining birth rate and supporting families, demanding an increase in child benefits and single-parent support, and providing families with a stable political signal. In the defense sector, emphasis is placed on the insufficient pay of young soldiers. In the context of security, concern is expressed about the danger of ideological screening (or "thought control") related to the bill against terrorist propaganda.
06.2025
45 Speeches
The social sector focuses on the dignity and security of vulnerable groups (the elderly, those with dementia). There is a demand for the provision of gender-specific care, and emphasis is placed on the availability of palliative care before any end-of-life declaration is enacted, while simultaneously warning against the danger of euthanasia. He/She also expresses concern regarding the security of the Jewish community in light of Estonia's foreign policy votes at the UN.
05.2025
38 Speeches
Focuses on poverty among the elderly and the safety and quality of care homes, demanding a clear chain of accountability in light of the Pihlakodu incident. It calls for improved support for people with disabilities and informal caregivers, criticizing the inaccessibility of services in rural areas. Furthermore, it sharply criticizes the reduction of family benefits (including support for large families and subsidies for extracurricular activities) and highlights the ongoing debate surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide.
04.2025
33 Speeches
In the social sphere, the speaker focuses on protecting large families and people with disabilities from the tax burden, and emphasizes the problem of low birth rates in the context of the nation-state. He expresses conservative caution regarding gender self-determination and transgender issues. Furthermore, he criticizes the draft bill concerning end-of-life declarations, highlighting the lack of palliative care and the danger of potential abuse.
03.2025
24 Speeches
The primary social focus revolves around the birth rate crisis and supporting families with children, which is considered a prerequisite for the sustainability of the nation-state. It advocates for protecting large families from government budget cuts and stresses the necessity of addressing the issue of young people in Estonia who are neither in education nor employment (NEET youth), prioritizing them over foreign labor. Within the security context, the regulation of foreign influence on churches and congregations is also addressed.
02.2025
19 Speeches
Regarding social issues, the importance of demography and family policy is stressed, while criticizing previous cuts to family benefits and the undermining of families' sense of security. It advocates for the dignified aging of the elderly at home and the establishment of national support systems. There is a strong stance in favor of supporting Israel and opposing antisemitism, emphasizing the security of the Jewish community in Estonia.
01.2025
21 Speeches
A strong focus on the demographic crisis and the necessity of supporting large families, criticizing the left-liberal ideological approach to family policy. Expresses socio-conservative concern over the "marketing" of gender identity topics in schools, fearing the impact on young people's mental health and decision-making capacity. Also addresses questions regarding the accessibility of support and services for children with disabilities.
12.2024
42 Speeches
In the social sector, the safety of children is prioritized, demanding that bans on pedophiles be maintained and that the judiciary retain the competence for assessment. Regarding the regulation of gender reassignment, great caution is expressed, citing fears of "turbo-processing" at the ministry level and referencing doctors' warnings about the dangers of rushing the process. Strong support for large families and boosting the birth rate is a central theme, coupled with criticism of the government's broken promises regarding cuts to family benefits.
11.2024
33 Speeches
The social focus is directed toward protecting vulnerable target groups from government cuts, including the elderly in nursing homes and mothers with children. It criticizes the termination of health insurance for mothers with children during a demographic crisis, calling it the equalization of mothers with the homeless. It supports the suspension of voting rights for citizens of the aggressor state and persons with undetermined citizenship. Regarding the topic of time off, it refers to the Christian cultural sphere and the Ten Commandments.
10.2024
45 Speeches
The primary social theme is supporting the birth rate and ensuring a sense of security for families with children, contrasting this with the proposed cuts to health insurance for mothers who are staying home with their children. It sharply raises the issue of pedophiles working in children's institutions, demanding that the proceedings be halted to prevent errors. Furthermore, it supports the improvement of mental health services, especially at the local government level, but simultaneously criticizes the withdrawal of benefits for pensioners living in care homes as "cynical" behavior.
09.2024
18 Speeches
The central social theme is supporting the birth rate and the population crisis, with the speaker firmly advocating for mothers' freedom of choice and the right to raise children at home. He opposes mass immigration but acknowledges the need to solve the population crisis, preferring measures that support the birth rate over migration for this purpose. He emphasizes the constitutional provision for large families to receive special care.
07.2024
11 Speeches
There is a strong social focus on supporting people with disabilities and large families, coupled with criticism of the government for removing their benefits. Demographics are a top priority, underscoring the necessity of a clear vision to secure the future of Estonian children. Furthermore, a firm stance has been adopted regarding the removal of Soviet occupation symbols from public spaces, drawing a comparison between them and the symbols of Nazi Germany.
06.2024
11 Speeches
Among the social issues currently highlighted are the negative impacts of immigration on internal security and social funding (specifically kindergartens and healthcare). The speaker strongly defends the economic stability of families with children and large families, accusing the government of taking money away from them. Emphasis is also placed on the critical importance of preserving Estonian-language and Estonian-minded education in Ida-Virumaa, which is seen as a crucial stronghold of Estonian identity on the eastern border.
05.2024
12 Speeches
It focuses on population continuity and the declining birth rate, deeming this a national crisis, and strongly defends subsidies for large families. It defends religious freedom and the feelings of believers, linking the role of the church to the Age of Awakening and nationalism. Regarding integration, it emphasizes the need to keep pro-Kremlin individuals out of decision-making bodies, although it acknowledges that a large portion of Russian citizens are not hostile toward Estonia.
04.2024
11 Speeches
From a socio-political standpoint, the primary focus is supporting and protecting large families, stressing their special status as constitutional wards and connecting this issue to the ongoing demographic crisis. The second important topic is the question of security and morality regarding the voting rights of Russian citizens in local elections, which is viewed as a security threat. Furthermore, he/she supports the salary demands of teachers and cultural workers.
03.2024
24 Speeches
The central theme is the demographic crisis, demanding the restoration of benefits and tax incentives for large families (who are under special protection pursuant to § 28 of the Constitution). It supports lowering the value-added tax (VAT) on cancer medications to improve the accessibility of treatment for patients. Furthermore, it demands the suspension of voting rights for citizens of Russia and Belarus in local elections on security grounds.
02.2024
13 Speeches
A central theme in social policy is the special protection of large families and people with disabilities, as stipulated by the constitution. The speaker sharply criticizes the cutting of family benefits and the introduction of new taxes, arguing that these measures harm the birth rate. Furthermore, the use of immigration as a solution to the demographic crisis is opposed, with emphasis placed on the associated costs to internal security and the social sphere.
01.2024
10 Speeches
The most crucial social and security issue is the revocation of voting rights for Russian and Belarusian citizens in local elections, an action deemed impermissible during wartime. It also mentions the necessity of resolving the teachers' strike and opening up the state budget to achieve that goal.