By Plenary Sessions: Rain Epler
Total Sessions: 7
Fully Profiled: 7
2025-11-11
XV Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting
The speaker highlights concern over the expansion of the European Commission's central power, adopting an opposing stance on the matter. Furthermore, he expresses skepticism regarding the energy and industrial policy driven by the dominant zero-emission ideology in Europe. These positions are aimed at the value-based defense of national sovereignty and economic policy and have been presented to the Supreme Court candidate in the form of questions.
2025-11-10
XV Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting
The speaker adopts a fiercely oppositional stance toward the government, focusing on deficiencies in the strategic management of national defense and criticizing the procedural integrity of e-elections. Particular emphasis is placed on the failure to establish a medium-range air defense capability and the government's overall ineptitude. The political framework is distinctly results-oriented, leveling accusations of inaction and incompetence against the government.
2025-11-06
XV Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting
The political position is strongly opposed to the government's haphazard development of renewable energy, emphasizing its negative impact on economic competitiveness and national security. The speaker continues to regard fossil fuels as the foundation of economic competitiveness and sharply criticizes the actions of the Electoral Service regarding e-voting violations. These stances are predominantly policy- and value-based, highlighting economic and strategic fragility.
2025-11-05
15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The speaker strongly opposes the government's tax policy, particularly the car tax and the VAT hike, deeming them destabilizing and socially unjust. He criticizes the coalition for its political inconsistency and broken promises, prioritizing instead political continuity and integrity. Regarding foreign policy, he highlights the hypocritical contradiction between the commitment to human rights and anti-corruption efforts, and Europe's energy requirements.
2025-11-05
15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Information Hour
The speaker positions himself as a staunch opponent of the government's policies, stressing that under the leadership of the Reform Party, the country is headed for bankruptcy and is cheaply selling off internal security. The primary points of focus are the opposition to prison lease agreements and the trampling of civil liberties through the super database law. The political stance is highly critical, focusing on the government's poor performance-based management.
2025-11-04
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The political position is strongly opposed to the ratification of the foreign treaty, focusing on the costs incurred by the Estonian state and the associated security risks (specifically, the involvement of organized crime). The necessity of adhering to legislative procedures is emphasized, and access to the classified threat assessment is demanded for the discussion of the draft bill. The overall stance is primarily focused on policy and procedural norms.
2025-11-03
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
It fundamentally supports caring for the weakest in society (raising the subsistence benefit threshold) but sharply criticizes the previous tax policy decisions of the government (the Reform Party and the Social Democrats)—specifically the VAT increase and the car tax—deeming them ineffective and harmful to the target group. The position is strongly policy- and results-based, focusing on numerical analysis and exposing the political hypocrisy of its opponents. It concludes with a strong ideological warning that socialism ultimately leads to bankruptcy.