By Agendas: Aivar Sõerd

Total Agendas: 34

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2025-10-15
Discussion of the state issue of significant national importance initiated by the Committee on European Union Affairs: "Estonia's Choices and Opportunities in the European Union's 2028–2034 Long-Term Budget"

The 15th Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting

The rhetorical style is direct, interrogative, and analytical, aimed at the presenter with specific questions concerning the outcomes of the Recovery Fund and the new budgetary perspective. The address is policy-centric, emphasizing the logical inconsistency between current priorities (climate measures) and actual problems (security, competitiveness).
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2025-10-13
First reading of the Draft Act on the Amendment of the Act on Simplified Taxation of Business Income and the Income Tax Act, and the Act on the Repeal of the Security Tax Act and the Amendment of the Income Tax Act (Bill 734 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting

The style is formal and procedural, as it is a commission report, but in the second address, it becomes urgent and persuasive. The appeals are primarily logical and fact-based, stressing tax competition and economic necessity. The speaker emphasizes the importance of the bill, using phrases such as "extremely necessary" and "very important."
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2025-10-09
Discussion of the Crucial National Issue 'The Future of the Estonian Economy'

15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting

The style is highly formal and respectful, addressing the Speaker of the Riigikogu and the rapporteur. The rhetoric is logical and data-driven, focusing on the analysis of specific economic indicators. There are no emotional appeals; the objective is to obtain factual information regarding the continuation of the trend.
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2025-10-08
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Planning Act and Other Related Acts (683 SE)

The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting

The style is formal and questioning, addressed directly to the director and the minister. The speaker employs logical argumentation and rhetorical questions to emphasize the ambiguity and potential unfairness of the draft provision. The tone is concerned, referring to the provision as "harsh," but remains professional and focuses on clarifying definitions.
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2025-10-08
Continuation of the first reading of the Draft Law on the State Budget for 2026 (737 SE)

The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting

The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and directly questioning, addressing both the chair and the presenter respectfully. The speaker employs logical argumentation and the presentation of evidence ("I shall read this out") to highlight the procedural inconsistency, while strictly avoiding emotional appeals.
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2025-10-06
First Reading of the Draft Act on Amendments to the Securities Market Act (690 SE)

The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting

The rhetorical style is formal, neutral, and procedural, typical of a presentation delivered by a representative of the steering committee. The presentation is logical and fact-based, focusing on summarizing the commission's discussion, its decisions (which are consensus-based), and the technical content of the draft proposal. Emotional appeals are not employed; the emphasis is placed on rational justification and data.
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2025-09-24
Draft law amending the Securities Market Act and, as a consequence, amending other laws (regulation of derivatives and repo transactions) – second reading

Fifteenth Riigikogu, sixth sitting, plenary sitting.

The speech is highly formal, procedural, and informative, focusing exclusively on reporting the work and decisions of the commission. The tone is neutral and objective, employing a logical structure complete with references to specific dates, interest groups, and amendment numbers. Emotional appeals are absent; the emphasis is placed on detail and procedural correctness.
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2025-09-18
Bank of Estonia 2024 Report

15th Estonian Parliament, 6th sitting, plenary session.

The style is formal, questioning, and data-driven, addressing the President of the Bank of Estonia directly. The speaker presents logical arguments, relying on financial data and international comparisons (e.g., Poland). The tone is skeptical and critical, directly asking why the central bank "disdains" gold.
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2025-06-11
Second reading of the draft law on the state's supplementary budget for 2025 (651 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is formal and analytical, focusing on logical questions and discrepancies within the budget procedure. The tone is critical, yet substantive, emphasizing factual issues (the absence of expenditure lines) in the government's proposal. Direct questions are used when addressing the presenter to demand clarification regarding the funding mechanisms.
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2025-06-05
Discussion of the significant national issue initiated by the Economics Committee: "How to increase productivity in the Estonian economy?"

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is formal, direct, and challenging, focusing on the accountability of the Chairman of the Economic Committee. The speech is heavily logic-based and data-driven, utilizing quantifiable metrics to present its arguments. The tone is demanding and critical, calling the competence of the addressee into question.
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2025-05-20
Draft law amending the Securities Market Act and, as a consequence, amending other laws (regulation of derivatives and repo transactions) - first reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The style of address is highly formal, businesslike, and procedural, particularly for the commission's rapporteur, who focuses on conveying facts and consensus-based decisions. The arguments are logical and grounded in the substance, objectives, and international practice of the draft bill. The tone is neutral and analytical, avoiding emotional or personal appeals.
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2025-05-07
Draft law amending the Alcohol, Tobacco, Fuel and Electricity Excise Tax Act and the Value Added Tax Act (594 SE) – First Reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The tone is analytical, fact-based, and at times confrontational, especially when highlighting the false claims made by the bill's initiators. It employs logical appeals, stressing procedural correctness and financial backing, and defines its role modestly as merely conveying the committee's discussion. It repeatedly asserts that the bill is fundamentally based on a "false premise."
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2025-05-06
The Minister of Finance's 2025 presentation on the implementation of the state's long-term strategy "Estonia 2035" (including an overview of the development directions of the public service in 2024)

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and coherent, consistently circling back to the question originally posed in the Finance Committee. The speaker employs logical argumentation, challenging the minister's prior responses and demanding specific data concerning the current state of the investment environment and productivity. The tone is demanding and critical, yet remains professional and objective.
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2025-04-23
First reading of the draft resolution of the Riigikogu "Appointment of Members of the Bank of Estonia Supervisory Board from Members of the Riigikogu" (629 OE)

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is highly formal, neutral, and informative, characteristic of a representative of the Executive Commission. The speaker focuses on presenting facts and procedural rules, utilizing logical arguments and references to legislation. Emotional appeals are entirely absent.
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2025-04-17
Draft Law Amending the Value Added Tax Act (593 SE) – First Reading

15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is sharp, direct, and interrogative, focused on exposing the opponent's past actions. Direct commands are employed, and the immediate presentation of specific data ("state the percentages right now") is demanded. The tone remains formal ("Esteemed presenter"), yet the content is confrontational, relying heavily on logical and fact-based challenging.
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2025-04-09
Draft law amending the Income Tax Act (566 SE) – First Reading

15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session

Analytical, formal, and highly critical, particularly of the bill's initiators. It relies heavily on logical arguments, data, and expert opinions, while simultaneously employing sharp critical language (e.g., referring to the explanatory memorandum's claims as "excessive dross" and the bill itself as "hopelessly overdue").
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2025-02-18
Draft resolution "Proposal to the Republic of Estonia's Government Regarding the Imposition of a Temporary Solidarity Tax on the Banking Sector" (535 OE) – First Reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting

The tone is analytical, fact-based, and at times confrontational, especially when refuting opponents' claims ("I completely refute this claim"). The argumentation relies primarily on logic and data, utilizing figures from the Tax and Customs Board and economic analysts. The style is formal, focusing on details and the comparison of systems.
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2025-01-16
Draft law amending the State Budget Act (520 SE) - First Reading

15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and sharply interrogative, focusing on logical arguments and highlighting procedural flaws. The speaker presents direct challenges to the presenter, questioning the thoroughness of the solution ("I still have to ask if you have truly thought this matter through properly"). The final conclusions are brief and critical, emphasizing the lack of transparency.
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2024-12-04
Second reading of the draft resolution "Approval of the Consolidated Financial Report of the State for the 2023 Financial Year" (503 OE)

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting

The style of discourse is extremely formal, procedural, and analytical. The tone is measured and objective, focusing on facts, the work of the commission, and legislative requirements. Instead of emotional appeals, reliance is placed on logical arguments and references (e.g., the positions of the National Audit Office), and the correctness of accounting is clearly distinguished from issues of budget transparency.
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2024-12-04
Draft law amending the 2024 State Budget Act (517 SE) – third reading

15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is formal, investigative, and direct, posing questions to the Chairman of the Finance Committee. The speech is logic-based, relying on specific factual information obtained through the media and focusing on exposing procedural shortcomings. The tone is concerned and demanding, emphasizing that crucial information is not being introduced into the parliamentary proceedings.
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2024-11-13
Draft law amending the State Budget Act (511 SE) - Second Reading

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is critical, analytical, and logical, focusing on the deficiencies in policies and procedures, as well as factual examples. The speaker uses formal and technical language, repeatedly posing rhetorical questions ("Why couldn't it be so?") to underscore the system's inadequacy. He/She attempts to avoid generalizations, bringing forward concrete examples of artificial connections.
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2024-11-06
Overview of the Use and Preservation of State Property in 2023–2024. Five Years of Activity-Based State Budget: Results of the Reform and Necessary Further Decisions

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting

The style is acutely critical and direct, employing strong assessments such as "a complete failure" and "pointless extravagance." The speaker combines logical argumentation (a detailed list of costs) with a rhetorical question regarding the damage inflicted upon the taxpayer, thereby highlighting the emotional appeal concerning the issue of waste.
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2024-11-06
First reading of the draft resolution "Approval of the consolidated annual report of the state for the 2023 financial year" (503 OE)

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is highly formal, procedural, and fact-based, which is typical of a committee rapporteur. The speech maintains a neutral and objective tone, focusing on communicating the substance of the Finance Committee meeting and the decisions reached. Emotional appeals are avoided; the emphasis is placed on logical and chronological reporting.
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2024-11-06
Draft law amending the Income Tax Act and the Mandatory Pension Act (434 SE) - Second Reading

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting

The style of delivery is formal, procedural, and analytical, concentrating on the detailed reporting of the Riigikogu proceedings and the committee's decisions. The tone remains neutral and informative, eschewing emotional appeals and relying solely on the technical substance of the legislative changes and the consensus decisions reached by the committee. The speech is structured to provide a brief and concise overview of the content of the proposed amendments.
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2024-10-22
Draft resolution "Proposal to the Republic of Estonia's Government regarding the introduction of a temporary solidarity tax on the banking sector" (487 OE) – first reading

15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is analytical, formal, and corrective, focusing on logical and economic arguments. The tone is businesslike, often correcting the assumptions of those asking questions (e.g., regarding the timing of taxation) and emphasizing that taxation cannot be structured based on temporarily favorable economic conditions. It uses data and comparisons (the Lithuanian experience) to support its positions.
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2024-09-16
2024 Report by the Minister of the Interior on the Implementation of the State's Long-Term Development Strategy "Estonia 2035"

The 15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary sitting.

The rhetorical style is formal, direct, and questioning, addressing both the presiding officer and the minister with due respect. The style is logical and fact-based, drawing upon previous legislative documents (the explanatory memorandum of the supplementary budget) to emphasize the relevance of the subject matter.
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2024-07-29
Second Reading of the Bill to Amend the Income Tax Act (443 SE)

15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu

The style is formal, analytical, and interrogative, addressing the presenter directly. The speech is structured around a logical appeal, demanding clear criteria and justifications for why the state should categorize investments as good and bad. Emotional or personal appeals are absent; the focus remains on the substantive scrutiny of the policy.
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2024-06-06
First reading of the Draft Act on the Amendment of the Income Tax Act and the Funded Pensions Act (Bill 434 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is formal, substantive, and procedural. The first address is a data-driven inquiry that calls into question the effectiveness of the policy, utilizing a logical appeal. The second address is a neutral and informative overview of the committee's work, focusing on facts and deadlines (e.g., the deadline for submitting amendments is June 20 at 5:15 PM). Emotional or personal appeals are absent.
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2024-05-30
Discussion of the nationally important issue: "How can the state avoid living in debt?"

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting

The rhetorical style is formal, respectful, and analytical, focusing on data-driven argumentation and comparison. The speaker utilizes statistics to highlight Estonia's negative standing and concludes with a question that seeks conclusions and explanations based on the successful trends observed in other countries.
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2024-05-08
First Reading of the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu "Making a Proposal to the Government of the Republic Regarding the Imposition of a Temporary Solidarity Tax on the Banking Sector" (367 OE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session.

The rhetorical style is formal, substantive, and procedure-centered, especially concerning the commission's report. The argumentation is logical and relies on economic facts (e.g., the decline in interest rates, inflation management) and regulatory expertise. Emotional appeals are absent, and the speaker repeatedly stresses the necessity of adhering strictly to the commission's discussion and addressing policy issues more broadly during the negotiation round.
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2024-05-02
Continuation of the first reading of the Bill on the Tax on Sweetened Beverages (418 SE)

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is formal and critical, focusing on logical and procedural appeals. The speaker poses direct questions and demands accountability for data that was promised but never presented, maintaining a businesslike tone. Emotional appeals are absent; the emphasis is placed on the data and establishing clarity.
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2024-03-19
The 2024 Report by the Minister of Health on the implementation of the state's long-term development strategy "Estonia 2035"

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The rhetorical style is direct, critical, and demanding, starting by expressing disagreement with the minister's positions. Logical arguments are used to show that simply pouring more money into the system won't solve every problem, and concrete answers are demanded for solving the long-term issue of medicine availability.
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2024-03-06
First reading of the Draft Act (379 SE) on the Amendment of the Tax Information Exchange Act, the Taxation Procedure Act, and the Income Tax Act.

15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session

The style is highly formal, procedural, and analytical. The tone is informative and cautious, focusing on facts, the substance of the draft legislation, and providing a detailed summary of the Finance Committee's deliberations. Emotional or narrative elements are absent; the emphasis is placed solely on technical details and procedures.
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2024-01-24
Review of the Implementation of the "Fundamentals of Legislation Policy until 2030" in 2022

15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session

The rhetorical style is formal and direct, addressing the minister with a question and a concern. The tone is serious and demanding, emphasizing the importance of the problem and the necessity of obtaining a thorough explanation and proposed solutions, both of which were missing from the report.
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