By Plenary Sessions: Riina Solman
Total Sessions: 3
Fully Profiled: 3
2024-04-16
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
Regarding social issues, strong emphasis is placed on supporting large families and ensuring access to culture and sports for young people, while opposing cuts to funding for extracurricular activities. The issue of salaries for teachers and cultural workers is raised, with a warning that government passivity will lead to a strike by cultural workers. It is stressed that culture and sports should not become unaffordable for families due to the rising cost of living.
2024-04-11
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The movement of the population from the countryside to the city is addressed, which is viewed as a negative trend supported by radical environmental activists. Social issues are closely linked to choices regarding lifestyle and settlement, particularly the advocacy for animal farming and the transition to a plant-based diet.
2024-04-08
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The social focus is entirely directed toward the birth rate crisis and the protection of large families, who are considered, under the constitution, a group requiring the state's special care. The speaker demands the restoration of a family-friendly environment and an end to the vilification of large families, stressing that having many children should be a source of pride. He sharply criticizes the actions of the Minister of Social Affairs for pitting different family types against one another.