By Years: Margit Sutrop

The criticism targets the threats of potential political interference in the autonomy of scientific institutions, highlighting examples from EKREIKE and the USA (Trump) regarding restrictions on science funding. The government's foreign policy signals concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are also criticized. This critique is primarily grounded in the defense of policy and values, warning against the weakening of the system.

The primary targets of criticism are EKRE and Isamaa, whose draft legislation is criticized due to a lack of substantive basis, arbitrary nature, and insufficient impact analysis. The speaker highlighted procedural issues with EKRE’s bills (e.g., 50 contradictory proposals) and labeled their claims about universities as slander. The speaker also responded to Isamaa’s proposal to establish language-based groups, calling it a threat of discrimination and unconstitutional.