By Months: Margit Sutrop
Total Months: 8
Fully Profiled: 8
11.2025
3 Speeches
Lack of data
10.2025
8 Speeches
The legislative focus is on reviewing and criticizing the state budget and the State Budget Strategy (RES), particularly concerning the financing of higher education for the years 2025–2027. The priority is to ensure the continued growth of funding and prevent the 2027 cuts, which would trigger debates about tuition fees.
06.2025
10 Speeches
The primary legislative priorities include the TAIKS draft bill (covering research ethics, funding, and cross-ministerial coordination) and the draft bill concerning end-of-life declarations for patients (focusing on the enforcement of patient rights). [The subject] is an active proponent and the rapporteur for the leading committee, concentrating efforts on the adoption and final voting of these legislative proposals. The matter of establishing a judicial residency program is also being raised.
05.2025
3 Speeches
The legislative focus is aimed at clarifying the rationale behind amendments to existing laws and reducing bureaucracy. Furthermore, strategic issues concerning judicial reform and the funding of higher education are also under scrutiny, areas where the speaker tends to be more of a supporter and a questioner of specific details.
04.2025
7 Speeches
The main legislative priority is the draft bill concerning patient advance directives (or end-of-life declarations), in the initiation and long preparation process of which he/she has been an active participant and supporter. He/She is also working on amendments to the tax law regarding the payment of taxes on non-existent assets, and is inquiring about the Ministry of Culture's strategy for regulating artificial intelligence.
03.2025
4 Speeches
The main legislative priority is the draft Law on the Organization of Research, Development, and Innovation (TAIKS), for which amendments have been proposed and hearings are currently being held. Furthermore, the need to amend the anti-corruption law is emphasized to enable public universities to better commercialize the results of their research and development activities.
02.2025
9 Speeches
The main legislative focus is the draft Law on the Organization of Research and Development and Innovation (TAIKS), where the speaker acts as a representative of the steering committee. The objective is to ensure that research ethics are regulated at the statutory level, increase the autonomy of research institutions, and protect the allocation of research grants from political interference.
01.2025
4 Speeches
The legislative focus is currently on the draft Act amending the Act on the Estonian Academy of Sciences, the goal of which is to modernize the existing law and increase the academy's autonomy. The speaker is a proponent and the rapporteur for the bill, successfully guiding the process toward the conclusion of the second reading and the final vote on January 29, 2025.