What Jaak spoke about.

16 Sep

2026

EN Question

State of the Union (debate)

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First of all, you said that in the last few years Ms von der Leyen has changed course about the Green Deal. I have to remind you that two years ago we had elections, and the voters said in Europe clearly that they would like to see a more realistic approach to the climate ideology, because that is why the conservatives just said a lot of things to the socialists. But, just realistically, if we go …

8 Jul

2026

ET Speech

EU’s response and preparedness to protect people against recurring heatwaves and upcoming wildfires (debate)

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Yes, if you are saying that someone has to take responsibility, why do you think that Europe has to take responsibility? If you are talking about climate change and global warming, then only in Europe has climate change increased significantly little. However, in the rest of the world, in Africa, in Asia, this has not happened. Why do Europeans have to pay more for the Green Deal, higher fuel pric…

8 Jul

2026

ET Question

EU’s response and preparedness to protect people against recurring heatwaves and upcoming wildfires (debate)

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Yes. Because you speak German, I speak Estonian. Your speech was extremely enthusiastic and positive, so the speech was very good. But if you are talking about fossil fuels and that fossil fuels are to blame for the burning of Europe, we do not have a climate agreement, a green transition, all of this, it is just a small question that, as far as I know, the climate has always changed. Always throu…

16 Jun

2026

EN Speech

Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (debate)

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Mr President, I was running here, but I was listening to the speeches by Ms Kallas, and I totally understand that she can't say anything else except that we are so united. But of course, the fact is that stating, for example, that the Spanish far-left government is helping Ukraine a lot is a joke. We know it. Ireland is still helping the Russian economy. We are so united, absolutely! I know that y…

20 May

2026

EN Speech

High time to deliver on the Single Market, providing certainty and predictability for EU businesses and quality jobs (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, dear Commissioners, dear colleagues, first of all, I think when we are talking about the single market and differences, we have to understand that the only solution for the left side then is to have the same rules, same regulations. But, just for example, I could not just imagine that we are going to have a compromise for the labour market with the same rules, with a Spanish far-l…

29 Apr

2026

EN Speech

EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (joint debate)

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Madam President, first of all, thanks for two decades of over‑regulation, overtaxation. While the prices are going up, you are just whining and blaming Trump. Trump is guilty. Some of you from the Greens are saying that, 'Oh, the nurse has to drive one hour in the morning to work, and now the fuel prices are over EUR 2 per litre'. Yeah, but you know, in the EU over 50 % of the fuel price goes to t…

11 Mar

2026

ET Question

EUCO and situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

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10 Feb

2026

EN Speech

Building a stronger European defence in light of an increasingly volatile international environment (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, first of all, I think we all agree that this debate doesn't change anything at all, particularly. Secondly, absolutely, the defence question is very important, but we know that defence policy is in the hands of the Member States. And the backbone of the economy in Europe is definitely Germany and also France, so it depends about them, what they are going to do. In…

21 Jan

2026

EN Answer

European Council meeting (joint debate)

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Well, if you would agree with me, everything will be wrong, because you're from Renew and I'm from the Conservatives, so it's fine. When you look at the climate policy, the question is that we need reliable resources. Is it the nuclear plants, or is it gas, is it LNG or whatever? Unfortunately, [sound cuts out] or even the Estonian economy can't run only by the sun and wind. That's a pure fact. We…

21 Jan

2026

EN Speech

European Council meeting (joint debate)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, first of all, as the President of the Commission, Ms von der Leyen, said, we need three things for the future of Europe – strong economy, united societies and strong defence. The problem, of course, with the economy is that we have been falling in the last two decades. Now the EU economy is about only 13 % of the global economy. Why? Of course, because of bureaucracy…

20 Jan

2026

ET Question

Territorial integrity and sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark: the need for a united EU response to US blackmail attempts (debate)

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Thank you, Mr. Paet, your speech was so beautifully pathetic that I had a few questions in Estonian. Firstly, I am in complete solidarity with Denmark, and I fully agree that every country has the right to decide its own future. But do you not think, Mr Paet, that the problem with Europe is that we have adopted resolutions? We've asked, we've wanted. But at the same time, the problem is that we do…

17 Dec

2025

ET Speech

Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, to begin with, I am very concerned to hear the sympathetic speeches of many socialists, liberals and leftists towards the United States, because they have come up with their new security strategy, which is supposed to be a betrayal of Europe. That, in my opinion, it is like an unrealistic expectation that, if in the last decades Americans have p…

26 Nov

2025

EN Speech

EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, I really believe that the long-term and the fair peace currently being talked is not possible – not now. But it is possible to achieve peace for a certain period – especially for a resting time and the peace for Ukrainian people and the fighters to keep and maintain the dignity and the statehood, which is the most important thing ever. But, at the same time, we shoul…

22 Oct

2025

EN Answer

Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

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Actually, it is a very good question. The problem with the Green Deal and with Russian energy is that Estonia has been always independent with energy, with oil shale. We have produced more than we need. We have exported to Finland, Latvia, Sweden. But now, because of the Green Deal – because the ideology is saying that there is too much CO2 – the plan is to shut it down by 2030 and to import energ…

22 Oct

2025

ET Speech

Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

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Thank you very much! Dear colleagues, Dear President, So many topics have gone through here that I don't even know where to start, but what has perhaps been talked about the most is, of course, the green transition and the economy. When Mrs von der Leyen and several colleagues say that the green transition and competitiveness go hand in hand, they are not at odds with each other, and when I listen…

8 Oct

2025

ET Speech

United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)

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Dear colleagues, Firstly, I do not really believe that in this Chamber our unity or incoherence will decide anything regarding European security. It is still decided by the governments and parliaments of the European countries. Secondly, last week, a very large number of our colleagues sent a letter to the European Commission, by the way, concerning precisely these border violations, drone attacks…

10 Sep

2025

EN Speech

State of the Union (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, the situation in the European Union is no better than it was a year ago during the same debate. Firstly, the EU continues to be the largest importer of gas in the world from Russia, paying billions of euros for it and, at the same time, Russia just this morning attacked Poland, which is a Member State of both NATO and the EU, with drones. Secondly, there are still…

9 Jul

2025

EN Speech

The EU’s post-2027 long-term budget: Parliament’s expectations ahead of the Commission’s proposal (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, first of all, we are talking about the long‑term budget for the future. We are only talking about our own resources, but let's say it in a more simple way for the voters and the public: own resources means new taxes. So, what very many of you want here is to have new taxes. So, it means to open the Treaties to more federalise the financial policy for the EU to get…

18 Jun

2025

ET Speech

Upcoming NATO summit on 24-26 June 2025 (debate)

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Dear colleagues, Dear Mrs Kallas, Although I'm not your biggest fan, congratulations on your birthday! When talking about NATO, many colleagues here have spoken about how social welfare should be ensured, how inflation should be combated, how people should cope. I totally agree. I also agree that the European Union itself is largely to blame for the economic problems, but that does not change the …

17 Jun

2025

ET Speech

Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) (debate)

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Thank you, ladies and gentlemen! Dear Commissioner, First of all, of course, I think - I hope - everyone's heart is here to protect children. There is no more important thing in this world than taking care of the weakest and most powerful and ensuring that they can grow safely. But sometimes we hear such hypocrisy here that, on the one hand, we want to criminalise, punish - I agree. I also agree w…

6 May

2025

ET Speech

A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU (debate)

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Dear President, Thank you very much, dear colleagues. And how should the European Union respond to the US tariffs they imposed? No, we should not punish Trump for this, but we should think about how to develop our own economy. The current economic space of the European Union is a labyrinth of directives and regulations. It stifles entrepreneurship, discourages investment and hampers economic growt…

2 Apr

2025

ET Speech

Topical debate (Rule 169) - Social Europe: making life affordable, protecting jobs, wages and health for all

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Mr President, few colleagues and good representatives of the Council and the Commission. Firstly, in order to build a social Europe, we must give up two things that contribute to it. Green transition and too liberal immigration policy. Why these? First of all, we know very well: the green transition is costing all taxpayers with its new requirements, environmental rules, which in turn hamper econo…

11 Mar

2025

EN Question

European Council meetings and European security (joint debate)

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I generally agree with you when we are talking about defence policies. We really have to support more Ukraine. I definitely agree. But, as you are from the Socialist Party from Spain, just a very small, tiny question: what is your opinion on why Spain has provided so little help to Ukraine currently? Because when you look at the GDP, the real help – military aid – it has given to Ukraine, it's alm…

11 Feb

2025

EN Speech

Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression (debate)

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Mr President, it's always lovely to see how the Germans are fighting with each other in the Chamber. Anyway, for three years, a lot of talk, no results. I think we have no doubt that in the next few months, we're going to have negotiations for the peace. So we will reach for that. But the problem is in which kind of terms we have. Today, currently in Europe, we don't have any kind of leader who wi…

23 Jan

2025

EN Speech

Major interpellations (debate)

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Mr President, first of all, we are pretty many Members here on the last day of the week. First of all, in September, on September 20, 30 Members of the Parliament, so pretty many, have addressed written questions to the Commission. Unfortunately, we haven't got any answer in six weeks. So, c'est la vie, and the result is that we have to discuss the question here. And I'm even more happy that on th…