By Months: Urve Tiidus
Total Months: 10
Fully Profiled: 10
12.2024
10 Speeches
The political position focuses heavily on regulatory clarity, accountability, and citizen protection. Key issues include employer responsibility concerning data, mitigating risks associated with goods imported from third countries, and the fight against cybercrime. Emphasis is placed on practical solutions and legislative precision, especially in the context of the state budget, demonstrating a clearly policy- and procedure-based approach.
11.2024
6 Speeches
In political activity, emphasis is placed on reducing the administrative burden, both for sports organizations and more broadly at the European Union level. On the international stage, the issue of the likelihood of increasing aid to Ukraine from the European Union's partner countries has been highlighted. The focus is strongly policy- and performance-based, seeking the quantification of the impacts of draft legislation and transparency regarding financial obligations.
10.2024
6 Speeches
The political stance centers on the oversight of social policy and legislation, particularly regarding child protection and the demographic crisis. He/She emphasizes the importance of accountability and control mechanisms when implementing new laws, suggesting a pragmatic and results-oriented approach. There is also criticism directed at the Center Party's past activities, which indicates an oppositional or skeptical position concerning government bills.
09.2024
5 Speeches
The political position strongly focuses on international security, emphasizing the obligation of NATO member states to exceed the 2% GDP threshold for defense spending. Domestically, the priority is the state of the rule of law within the European Union and the effectiveness of policy implementation, particularly in the environmental (end-of-life vehicles) and social sectors (organic food in schools). The questions are aimed at assessing policy effectiveness and obtaining future forecasts, which points to a results-based approach.
06.2024
5 Speeches
The political stance is heavily centered on the precision of legislation and regulations, as well as constitutional adherence, particularly regarding the building restriction zones defined by the Nature Conservation Act. Furthermore, emphasis is placed on ensuring the quality of risk analyses at both the national and local levels, and addressing the problem of judicial succession. This constitutes a primarily policy-based approach, seeking practical and procedural solutions to overcome bureaucratic obstacles.
05.2024
9 Speeches
The political focus is directed towards the details of implementing legislation and their real-world impact, such as preventing tax benefits for sugar substitutes. Key topics include protecting the reliability of e-voting, ensuring the quality of education and language instruction, and infrastructure financing issues, specifically referencing the possibility of taking out a loan for road construction. The positions taken are generally policy- and results-driven, seeking solutions to long-term problems (e.g., the shortage of engineers).
04.2024
3 Speeches
The political focus is on the thorough and critical assessment of the possibilities for introducing nuclear energy in Estonia. The speaker emphasizes the need to secure guarantees regarding the economic viability of nuclear energy and raises questions about the omitted environmental impacts (specifically, high water usage). The stance taken is primarily policy- and results-driven, concentrating on the report's deficiencies and risk mitigation.
03.2024
10 Speeches
The political position centers broadly on the functionality of systems and the implementation of reforms across education, healthcare, and energy sectors. A key political topic involved restricting the voting rights of citizens of the Russian Federation and Belarus, with the speaker monitoring the government’s delivery on promises during the development of the necessary legal framework. The overall approach is largely policy- and procedure-driven, focusing on seeking solutions and evaluating the optimism surrounding the reforms.
02.2024
4 Speeches
It focuses strongly on international order and security, emphasizing the need to strengthen the rules-based world order, even while acknowledging the sharp contrast between this principle and reality. It moderately supports amending the Aliens Act (EU Blue Card), stressing the necessity of finding a middle ground between labor requirements and internal security interests. The political focus is both value-based (the struggle between good and evil) and policy-based (the transposition of the directive).
01.2024
10 Speeches
The political focus is strongly directed towards adhering to the principles of good law-making and reducing the regulatory burden, emphasizing the minimization of state intervention. The politician stresses avoiding undue restriction on property and entrepreneurship, and ensuring international competitiveness through the legal framework. Important topics also include the successful management of the education network reform in cooperation with local governments, and the international dimension of research and development. The political framework is clearly procedural and policy-based.