By Plenary Sessions: Toomas Uibo
Total Sessions: 42
Fully Profiled: 42
2025-10-08
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The political focus is on responsible public finances and deficit reduction, with the aim of putting Estonia on firmer ground and slowing the growth of national debt. This stance is strongly policy-driven, emphasizing conscious choices and smart investments in education, innovation, and the digital state. The speaker (Eesti 200) positions themselves as the builder of a responsible and people-centered state, one who does not build castles in the air, but a strong foundation.
2025-10-07
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The speaker highlights the state budget deficit and national debt as clear problems in public finance. The political focus is on assessing the government’s performance, asking how they intend to balance the necessity of stimulating the economy with fiscal discipline and debt reduction. This constitutes a performance-driven framing of the issue.
2025-09-18
15th Estonian Parliament, 6th sitting, plenary session.
The most prominent themes are economic growth, easing inflation, and streamlining public finances. The political direction is strongly liberal and forward-looking, emphasizing evidence-based decisions and a long-term strategic perspective. The stance strongly supports the government's plan to abolish the tax bracket complexity (the "tax hump") and avoid an income tax hike, aiming to boost consumer confidence. Furthermore, there is a strong emphasis on the necessity of paying the price for freedom, referencing the increase in defense spending due to Russia's war of aggression.
2025-09-09
15th Riigikogu, 6th sitting, plenary session.
The political position is moderate and policy-driven, acknowledging the necessity of regulating credit unions when they enter the banking market. However, there is a strong emphasis on the need to preserve the historical role and operational freedom of small cooperatives based on member-to-member lending (such as farmers' credit unions). This stance is aimed at protecting existing traditional economic models from excessive regulation.
2025-09-04
15th Riigikogu, extraordinary session of the Riigikogu
The political position focuses heavily on the management of the Riigikogu's rules of procedure and its agenda. The speaker, acting on behalf of the parliamentary faction, expresses clear opposition to the agenda amendments (2024-04-29) and proposes the postponement of specific session items. These moves are primarily procedural and faction-based.
2025-06-18
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The speaker's focus centers on two main themes: citizen privacy (specifically, the opposition to identifying vehicle occupants using speed cameras) and social policy/tax relief, which involves strong support for car tax relief for families with children. These positions are policy-based, emphasizing the protection of rights and social justice. Regarding the privacy issue, concern is voiced about the legitimacy of the current practice.
2025-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The political stance is cautious and procedure-centric, stressing the necessity of taking into account the observations made by the highest judicial authorities (the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) during the handling of the draft legislation. On a values basis, the speaker strongly champions civic initiative and cultural freedom, opposing state regulation of artistic content, which is viewed as a throwback to the former authoritarian regime.
2025-05-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
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2025-04-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The political position is highly critical of the government’s actions, focusing on the state’s failure to deliver on contractual commitments regarding the film studio complex project. The criticism is results-driven, underscoring the state’s unreliability and the resulting financial damage. The speaker calls into question the state's general principle of honoring its promises, highlighting a specific instance where the state failed to sign the very contract that entrepreneurs had been asked to.
2025-04-16
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
Strong support for high ambition regarding renewable energy targets, stressing the achievement of 100% renewable energy capacity. The political focus is aimed at achieving cheaper electricity and boosting international competitiveness, while criticizing proposals that seek to lower this ambition. The political framework is clearly policy- and results-driven, emphasizing future costs and economic benefits.
2025-04-15
Fifteenth Riigikogu, Fifth Session, Plenary Session.
The political position is divided: one speaker focuses on social protection against cyberbullying and damage to mental health, while the other emphasizes a strong, forward-looking vision where artificial intelligence is a strategic tool for the Estonian economy and legal system. The representative of Eesti 200 stresses the necessity of turning governance 180 degrees, placing citizen convenience at the core of the system and striving to be world-leading. This is a strongly value-based and results-oriented position.
2025-04-09
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session
The speaker strongly supports putting state finances in order and ensuring their sustainability, stressing that taxes are essential for funding national defense and vital services (teachers, first responders). Their position is results-oriented, defending the coalition's responsible, though unpopular, decisions, which were necessitated by the deep financial hole discovered in 2023. They emphasize accountability to the state and the necessity of maintaining national independence.
2025-03-27
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The most prominent political stance is the strong support for and nomination of Lauri Hussar, the candidate for Speaker of the Riigikogu. This position is distinctly performance-driven, emphasizing the candidate's successful track record and his suitability for the role. The speaker believes the candidate is equal to the challenges of the office and will continue to perform exceptionally well.
2025-03-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
He/She focuses heavily on energy policy, stressing the preference for market-based solutions and technological neutrality. He/She also raises social concerns regarding the planning of onshore wind farms, emphasizing the protection of local residents and cooperation among municipalities. His/Her approach is primarily policy-driven and results-oriented.
2025-02-26
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The political stance is heavily focused on supporting compensation for damages incurred by livestock farmers and regulating losses caused by predators. Emphasis is placed on the need to address a specific policy gap concerning compensation when an animal carcass cannot be located. Regulatory clarity regarding the legal grounds for culling wolves is also crucial. The political framework itself is primarily policy- and solution-driven.
2025-02-20
15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, plenary session.
The political position is firmly focused on treating sports and culture as an economic sector, highlighting their positive contribution to GDP. Support is given to finding smart solutions and engaging the private sector, given that public budget resources are constrained. This is a performance-based approach, underscoring the necessity for the state to be a reliable partner.
2025-02-19
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary sitting
The political stance is sharply focused on national security and combating Russian influence operations. The speaker highlights the historical and ongoing ties between the Moscow Orthodox Church and Soviet security services (KGB/Cheka). He/She strongly supports sanctions against Patriarch Kirill and disputes claims that such sanctions undermine peace initiatives. The political framework is robustly value-based and highly sensitive to threats from a security perspective.
2025-02-11
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary sitting
The political focus is heavily centered on foreign and security policy, highlighting Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The speaker voices concern over the conflicting signals emanating from the new United States administration and stresses the necessity of an independent European agenda for managing the crisis. This stance is value-based, underscoring Europe's responsibility in supporting Ukraine.
2025-01-28
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The political focus is on ensuring economic growth by improving the availability of skilled labor and reforming the immigration quota. The speaker strongly supports the draft legislation aimed at reducing bureaucratic hurdles for highly skilled specialists settling in, while simultaneously opposing uncontrolled and mass immigration. This stance is policy-driven, emphasizing the restoration of the Estonian economy's competitiveness through the use of new resources. The speaker is a member of the Eesti 200 party and backs the implementation of the economic plan developed under the leadership of Minister of Economic Affairs Tiit Riisalo.
2024-12-10
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The political focus is currently aimed at the work culture and efficiency of Riigikogu members, highlighting the quality of internal parliamentary operations. The prevailing stance is results-oriented and skeptical, questioning the sincerity of the draft legislation and whether it can effectively regulate both absences within party factions and work conducted outside the main chamber during times of crisis.
2024-11-21
15th Estonian Parliament, 4th sitting, plenary session
The political focus is on global climate policy and emission reduction targets. The speaker adopts a questioning stance, seeking to determine if the current global trajectory is sufficient to meet the established goals. The emphasis is placed on a policy and results-based framework, centered on grasping the "big picture."
2024-10-22
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The speaker’s political position is strongly oriented toward improving the business environment, emphasizing the need to reduce bureaucracy and regulations. He opposes the Ministry of Finance’s proposed 25% increase in the mandatory audit thresholds, arguing that this figure does not correlate with Estonia’s 57% inflation rate, and instead supports the minimum 50% increase demanded by entrepreneurs. This position is clearly policy-based and focused on enhancing economic competitiveness.
2024-09-26
15th Riigikogu, 4th session, plenary session
The political platform is heavily focused on reorienting the economy toward higher value-added employment, rigorously streamlining public finances, and ensuring national security. The address is results-oriented, highlighting Eesti 200's role in initiating support for major investments and the zero-based budgeting process. Positions on both cuts and tax increases are strongly supportive, deeming them essential for restoring the state's credibility.
2024-06-12
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session.
Politically, the speaker supports increasing the state's revenue base to ease the debt burden (via a car tax) and advocates for environmentally friendly taxation. He/She is a strong proponent for establishing a legal framework for nuclear energy, viewing it as a strategic opportunity for the development of the Estonian economy and science. His/Her positions are strongly policy- and value-based, emphasizing fairness in taxation and innovation at the national level.
2024-05-29
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The political stance centers on energy security and economic competitiveness, highlighting the fact that Estonia lacks a long-term energy strategy. The speaker strongly advocates for the continued consideration and investigation of nuclear energy, viewing the current indecision as a costly mistake for the economy, manifesting in the form of high energy prices. This position is pragmatic and results-oriented, underscoring the necessity of a broad-based energy mix to guarantee stability.
2024-05-15
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The political position, based on this address, is purely procedural, focusing on ensuring time for internal faction consultation during the plenary session. Specific political viewpoints or value-based frameworks do not emerge from the speech.
2024-05-06
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The political stance is one of strong support for the Minister of Education and Research, Kristina Kallas, and her powerful reforms, particularly the transition to Estonian-language education. This position is value-driven, emphasizing the strengthening of the status of the Estonian language and culture within the country. We support the rapid and unwavering implementation of these reforms, rejecting any calls for extensions or exceptions.
2024-04-18
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The political focus is on national security and the protection of critical infrastructure. The speaker strongly emphasizes that securing the nuclear power plant and other critical facilities is paramount for the state. The approach is policy- and fact-based, seeking comparisons regarding the cost and simplicity of securing various types of energy infrastructure.
2024-04-16
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The political focus is currently on streamlining the funding model for Estonian cultural life. The speaker strongly supports recognizing the value of top cultural professionals (actors) and increasing their salary levels, given that current resources are limited and wages are low. This position is value-based and aimed at policy improvement.
2024-04-11
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The political position strongly focuses on supporting innovation and economic competitiveness, particularly in the fields of veterinary medicine and agriculture. The speaker advocates for the rapid alignment of the education system with market needs and a reduction in bureaucracy, stressing that the green transition must not be "crazy" or undermine the competitiveness of businesses. This stance is clearly policy-driven, highlighting the state's crucial role in removing barriers for entrepreneurs.
2024-04-10
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The political stance heavily emphasizes the principles of the rule of law and the protection of constitutional rights within competition law proceedings. There is support for a political compromise stipulating that large fines should be imposed by an administrative court, but there is an urgent demand for amendments to the draft legislation to guarantee the protection of the individual against the arbitrary exercise of state power. The overall framing is distinctly policy- and value-driven, highlighting the right against self-incrimination and the right to be heard.
2024-04-09
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The most important topic is the government's economic policy and how it is received by the business community. The political stance is results-oriented, stressing the necessity of considering the long-standing criticism voiced by businesses regarding the economic policies of both the current and previous governments. The stance is moderately critical, casting doubt on the reliability of the new "ambitious plan."
2024-04-04
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The most notable activity is an internal parliamentary political maneuver, nominating Lauri Hussar as the candidate for Riigikogu Speaker. This demonstrates strong support for a specific candidate and a focus on the parliament’s leadership structures. The action is highly procedural and aimed at organizing the parliament's operations.
2024-03-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The political focus is on the reform and quality of healthcare services, particularly the air ambulance service. The speaker adopts a strong stance, emphasizing that the patient and their needs must be central to the service reform. This position is strongly policy- and value-driven, contrasting with arguments centered on budget or logistics.
2024-02-21
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The political platform centers on reforming the state service—specifically medical flights—by strongly advocating for the abolition of monopolies and boosting efficiency through private sector engagement. This stance is powerfully results-driven, emphasizing the critical need to save more lives and put an end to the complacency-driven stagnation. The speaker sharply criticizes the state's current practices, which have obstructed the development of the service and resulted in dangerous delays.
2024-02-20
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The political position is value-driven and emotionally charged, emphasizing sadness and helplessness concerning the issues that must be dealt with in the Riigikogu today. The politician supports the signing of the statement but casts doubt on its actual impact, expressing a desire to do even more. The focus is aimed at clarifying the meaning of the collective action (the statement).
2024-02-15
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The most critical issue is Estonia's economic contraction and the necessity for an ambitious strategy aimed at doubling the economy by 2035. This stance is strongly reformist and forward-looking, emphasizing a clear regulatory environment and the reduction of bureaucracy. The political framework is distinctly results-oriented, focusing on the implementation of specific actions and putting an end to blaming the past.
2024-02-14
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary session
The political position involves strong support for the motor vehicle tax, which is justified by assuming responsibility for the nation's future and the necessity of ensuring a positive effect on the state budget. The focus is value-driven, highlighting environmental stewardship, more sustainable consumption, and the security context (Aggressive Russia). Simultaneously, the necessity of linking this tax to a comprehensive mobility reform is stressed.
2024-02-13
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session
The political focus is strongly centered on the unity of the European Union in the context of the war in Ukraine. The speaker voiced concerns that the European landscape isn't monolithic, and indirectly pushed back against the Hungarian Prime Minister's idea of turning Ukraine into a buffer zone. The issue is framed as a threat to European stability, and this clearly represents a value-based position emphasizing unity.
2024-02-07
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary sitting.
The most prominent issue is the defense of the Eesti 200 party against accusations related to Lehtme's crimes. The political stance is strongly focused on the requirement that evidence of the alleged crimes must be submitted to the police, emphasizing legal procedure and demanding concrete steps from the opposing side. This is a forceful, results-oriented approach that centers on the proper handling of the accusations.
2024-01-23
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session
The political position is strongly opposed to the Isamaa bill concerning the increase of drivers' per diem allowance, as this would create inequality relative to other professions (e.g., doctors, teachers). The principle of equality and finding comprehensive solutions, rather than sector-specific exceptions, is considered paramount. This stance is policy-based, emphasizing the need to avoid artificial market distortions and to take state budget constraints into account.
2024-01-16
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The political focus is directed towards the liquidation of 'red monuments' and Soviet heritage, which is considered a "large and very disturbing problem." The speaker strongly opposes the Estonian state paying for the upkeep of these graves. At the same time, the government's actions are criticized for using ill-conceived follow-up measures and excessively confrontational rhetoric.