By Months: Aleksandr Tšaplõgin
Total Months: 18
Fully Profiled: 18
10.2025
9 Speeches
The political position focuses heavily on the crisis of poverty and the economic survival of the population, which is considered Estonia’s most serious problem. The speaker stresses that the majority of citizens are living paycheck to paycheck, and thousands are forced to take out loans just to cover their utility bills. The position is highly critical and demands a budgetary solution from the government.
06.2025
12 Speeches
A strong opposition stance focusing on the crisis of government legitimacy, economic policy, and priorities. The main themes include opposition to tax increases, criticism of state gigantism (officials, large-scale projects), and advocating for social priorities. The position is forceful and demands the government's resignation, referencing the "darkest period" of democracy.
05.2025
6 Speeches
The political position is strongly oppositional, focusing on the failure of the government's agricultural policy and the threat of losing food security. They also vigorously oppose the green transition due to its high cost and unreliability, prioritizing the protection of consumers and socially vulnerable groups. The policy is framed primarily around outcomes, emphasizing systemic decline and the government's inability to provide stable conditions.
04.2025
7 Speeches
The political stance is fiercely oppositional, centered on criticizing the government’s actions and competence, particularly concerning finance and energy policy. The politician demands state intervention to regulate the electricity market and casts doubt on the legitimacy and procedural justice of e-elections. The main focus is criticizing the efficacy of the government’s activities and political decisions (such as the opening of the energy market in 2013).
03.2025
15 Speeches
The political position is strongly anti-government, sharply criticizing green socialism, the violation of free-market principles, and corruption. Key issues include securing cheap electricity through oil shale, terminating the funding of state aviation and Russian-language media, and addressing the instability of foreign policy. The rhetoric is heavily value-driven and condemns the government's actions, accusing them of undermining national security.
02.2025
5 Speeches
The political platform is highly socially conscious, focusing on easing the tax burden on ordinary citizens (specifically, lowering VAT on foodstuffs) and taxing the disproportionately large profits made by banks. Furthermore, the party opposes government actions aimed at closing or changing the jurisdiction of Orthodox churches, drawing a comparison between these actions and historical acts of destruction. The political framework is strongly value-driven, emphasizing solidarity and social justice.
01.2025
11 Speeches
The political platform is strongly oriented towards social welfare and economic accessibility, supporting improvements to the sickness benefit system and the reduction of VAT on foodstuffs. Simultaneously, energy policy emphasizes market economy principles, opposing state subsidies and planned economies. Past shifts have disappeared; the focus is now policy- and value-based, emphasizing solidarity and justice.
12.2024
14 Speeches
The political position is strongly oppositional, focusing on the government's failed economic policy and tax hikes during the recession. The speaker sharply criticizes the government's actions, calling them the cause of the ongoing economic downturn and labeling them a "natural disaster." A significant value-based theme is also the opposition to state interference in citizens' private lives and the protection of families. Secondarily, criticism is directed at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for interfering in the internal affairs of a sovereign state (Georgia).
11.2024
14 Speeches
The political position is strongly opposed to the government's tax increases (car tax, state fees, taxing pensions) and the green transition (the destruction of oil shale energy). This stance is results-based, emphasizing the negative impact on citizens' standard of living and the country's competitiveness. The central theme is social injustice ("the rich are not offended, but the poor are robbed") and the protection of national interests against the dictates of Brussels.
10.2024
14 Speeches
The political position is strongly oppositional, focusing on sharp criticism of the government's fiscal policy, which is viewed as harming the poor and favoring the rich. The speaker emphasizes the need to solve three core problems: increasing the birth rate, achieving rapid economic growth, and eradicating poverty. The stance is strongly values-based, stressing social justice and economic security.
09.2024
14 Speeches
The political position is fiercely anti-government, centering on economic failure (three years of recession) and sharp criticism of tax increases, which they label "economic suicide." Key priorities include addressing the demographic crisis by increasing family benefits and reforming the electoral system to ensure the supremacy of the people's will—not that of the political parties. The overall political framework is heavily focused on criticizing the government's actions and performance.
07.2024
7 Speeches
The political focus is strong opposition to tax hikes, especially the car tax, which is viewed as robbing ordinary people. The speaker stresses the negative impact of the government’s actions on economic growth and the standard of living. The position is clearly value-driven and results-oriented, focusing on protecting poorer fellow citizens and bringing an end to the economic downturn.
06.2024
13 Speeches
The speaker is in strong opposition to the government's fiscal policy, forcefully resisting the proposed car tax and the supplementary budget, which he believes will disproportionately affect poorer citizens. The political focus is centered on government accountability and transparency, particularly regarding the Prime Minister’s participation in the Bilderberg meeting. His positions are primarily results-oriented, emphasizing the lack of economic growth and the rising rate of poverty.
05.2024
24 Speeches
The political stance involves sharp opposition to the government's fiscal policy, particularly the taxation of pensions and the refusal to implement a special tax on banks, highlighting economic injustice. Key issues also include the teacher shortage, the reliability of e-voting, and state interference in church affairs. The political framework is primarily results-oriented, focusing on governmental incompetence and the breaking of promises. Political activity is characterized by strong opposition to the ruling coalition.
04.2024
18 Speeches
The political stance is vehemently against the government’s policy of tax increases and spending cuts, which they characterize as "suicide policy." The main issues are protecting the elderly from pension taxation and ensuring economic justice, by advocating for a bank tax and a progressive income tax. This stance is deeply value-driven, centered on halting the impoverishment of the populace and narrowing the social divide.
03.2024
8 Speeches
The political stance is strongly oppositional, focusing on the government's failed economic policy and the prevailing lack of trust. The most pressing issues are the ongoing economic recession, unfair tax increases, and the Prime Minister's alleged lying and dissemination of false information. The position is strongly value-based, emphasizing social justice and opposition to taxing the poor.
02.2024
8 Speeches
The politician is vehemently opposed to the government's fiscal policy, particularly the planned increases in VAT, excise duties, and the new car tax, measures which disproportionately harm low and middle-income citizens. He highlights social inequality and the inherent unfairness of the government’s actions, repeatedly questioning whether they are truly acting in the interests of the entire nation or merely a narrow circle of oligarchs. His political stance is strongly oppositional, centered on criticizing the inefficiency and immorality of the administration's conduct.
01.2024
8 Speeches
The political stance is strongly critical of the government's actions and is fundamentally results-oriented. The primary issues driving the opposition are the negative impact of tax hikes on economic growth, loss-making infrastructure projects (such as Rail Baltic), and the failure to address pressing social issues (high heating bills, lengthy doctor waiting lists). Furthermore, the government's ethics are being questioned regarding the funding and influencing of private media.