By Months: Rain Epler
Total Months: 9
Fully Profiled: 9
11.2025
35 Speeches
The legislative focus is directed toward safeguarding the procedural norms of the Riigikogu, requiring access to classified documents (threat assessment). Furthermore, attention is concentrated on the precise analysis of the costs and contractual terms of international agreements (Swedish prisoners), and ensuring the adequacy of social benefits (subsistence benefit), while supporting the draft bill for increasing the benefit.
10.2025
90 Speeches
The legislative focus is centered on the budget process and the principles governing state administration. The speaker primarily acts as a scrutinizer and demands accountability during the Riigikogu sitting, seeking clarification on the substance of the budget and the government's priorities.
09.2025
43 Speeches
The speaker is a strong opponent of bills that increase official control and data collection, such as the so-called super database law and the Ministry of the Interior’s draft law, which involved punishing people for reading inappropriate literature. He also focuses on the deficiencies in the Ministry of Defense’s internal control systems, demanding that they be rectified.
06.2025
43 Speeches
The main legislative priorities are ending the activities of the ERJK (Political Parties Financing Surveillance Committee) and transferring oversight to the National Audit Office, halting the legislative proceedings for the Financial Intelligence Unit's super-database bill, and abolishing the car tax. Environmental restrictions are also in focus, with the aim of reducing the impact area of wind farms and abolishing the requirement for ESG reporting.
05.2025
65 Speeches
The primary legislative focus centers on contesting energy laws and proposing amendments, particularly halting the juggernaut of renewable energy development. A draft bill was submitted proposing that the government seek exemption from the mandatory purchase of CO2 quotas for oil shale electricity (based on Article 122 of the TFEU). It supports canceling the Rail Baltic project and criticizes the implementation of logging bans in Natura areas.
04.2025
54 Speeches
The legislative focus is directed towards the opposition's initiatives: establishing a framework for a bank tax aimed at taxing windfall profits, reducing the VAT on foodstuffs to 5%, and proposing that the government seek an exemption from the mandatory purchase of CO2 quotas. He/She is an active opponent and critic of government bills (such as gender quotas and the car tax), emphasizing that the opposition's initiatives are systematically rejected by the coalition.
03.2025
17 Speeches
The legislative focus is centered on abolishing the car tax and ending renewable energy subsidies, lending support to the relevant bill. Furthermore, they advocate for reducing bureaucracy by simplifying the oversight of party financing, proposing a transfer-based subsidy system. The speaker primarily opposes the government's legislative agenda and initiates parliamentary inquiries.
02.2025
18 Speeches
The speaker's priority is ensuring the transparency of the Riigikogu's rules of procedure and procedural matters, especially concerning the handling of written questions and formal inquiries (interpellations). He is an active opponent of the draft constitutional amendment regarding suffrage. He also focuses on assessing the economic impact of the amendments to the Nature Conservation Act (compensation areas) initiated by the Ministry of Climate.
01.2025
45 Speeches
The main legislative initiatives are related to the economy and security: a bill to lower the VAT on foodstuffs, a bill to introduce an extraordinary bank tax, and a bill to amend the Hunting Act for the rapid elimination of predators (wolves) in order to protect property. Additionally, inquiries were submitted to all ministers, the Auditor General, and the Chancellor of Justice to increase the transparency of official representation expenses.