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[00:00:00] which guarantees me, the citizen,
[00:00:02] the confidence that my contribution to making Estonia's future better
[00:00:05] is similar to that of my fellow citizens and that we all
[00:00:09] also share in this better future in a similar way.
[00:00:30] graduated from the Estonian University of Life Sciences
[00:00:32] in 1981 and received
[00:00:36] his scientific degree in 1987.
[00:00:39] For several years, the active natural scientist Karis worked
[00:00:43] in research centers in Germany, the United Kingdom and
[00:00:46] the Netherlands. In 1999
[00:00:50] he became a professor at the University of Tartu.
[00:00:53] He has promoted higher education as the rector of both the Estonian University of Life Sciences
[00:00:57] and the University of Tartu, and led the rector's
[00:01:00] council. Alar Karis has also worked as the Auditor General of the Republic
[00:01:04] of Estonia. When he became a presidential candidate,
[00:01:08] he was the director of the Estonian National Museum.
[00:01:11] On October 11, 2021, the
[00:01:14] Riigikogu elected Alar Karis as the President of the Republic
[00:01:17] of Estonia.
[00:01:21] What I hope to see more of are debates
[00:01:25] in the Riigikogu and in society, discussions, expressing
[00:01:29] one's own views and listening to others,
[00:01:32] whether the topic is climate or the green transition,
[00:01:36] energy and tax policy, budget or
[00:01:40] forestry, or even the choices
[00:01:43] of the European Union and the development of the defense forces.
[00:01:46] There are no taboo topics to
[00:01:49] debate. Dogmas and bureaucratic language,
[00:01:53] political correctness chain freedom of thought, without
[00:01:56] which no solutions that lead us forward will be born.
[00:02:01] "Tension can short-circuit society, relations
[00:02:04] between countries and within countries,
[00:02:08] between people and within
[00:02:10] people. The current situation
[00:02:13] is that the virus, to the tension.
[00:02:17] energy prices, and also
[00:02:20] our
[00:02:21] eastern neighbor are all adding
[00:02:25] The world that we still knew a week
[00:02:27] ago is
[00:02:30] no more.
[00:02:32] President Putin's decision to send the Russian army to attack
[00:02:36] the country of Ukraine
[00:02:39] brought war back to the heart of Europe.
[00:02:53] In the shadow of the crises of recent years, various
[00:02:56] governments have increased state spending
[00:02:58] without explaining where the money for them will be taken
[00:03:02] from in the long run.
[00:03:04] Not only one-off extraordinary expenditures have increased,
[00:03:08] for example during the corona crisis,
[00:03:10] but also fixed costs.
[00:03:13] We should get used to the practice that if someone
[00:03:16] wants to increase the state's fixed costs, then
[00:03:20] they also show which tax increase or cut
[00:03:23] in public benefits it can be
[00:03:26] done with. Again, parties promise to distribute...
[00:03:30] aid here and there,
[00:03:33] but like Easter and self-gifts, the next
[00:03:36] governments have to look for where the money will come from
[00:03:39] to pay for them.
[00:03:41] This way we are taking from our children
[00:03:44] and grandchildren. Education needs a cross-party
[00:03:48] agreement, a necessary number of motivated
[00:03:51] teachers, and sufficient funding for
[00:03:54] all of this. Education determines the future
[00:03:57] of the nation, wisdom makes one rich.
[00:04:00] Spiritually and economically, we
[00:04:03] need to talk about mental health,
[00:04:07] the mental health of young people. Young people
[00:04:11] break down more and more often, and for every one who breaks down, there are
[00:04:15] thousands more who need help and
[00:04:17] support. The pandemic has amplified the problem:
[00:04:21] distance learning, face to face, the drying
[00:04:25] up of social contacts, the decline
[00:04:28] of hobby education. The growth of mental health concerns
[00:04:31] among both young people
[00:04:34] and adults has many more accumulated
[00:04:38] reasons behind it. We often don't know how to maintain
[00:04:42] relationships with loved ones, we lack people to turn to for
[00:04:45] help, young people are often ashamed to
[00:04:49] seek help and are left
[00:04:52] alone with themselves. But above all, we don't talk about
[00:04:56] this topic enough, we don't understand the seriousness of the problems
[00:05:00] and we don't know how to notice those in distress
[00:05:03] and tend to consider their worries a sign
[00:05:06] of weakness. These worries are not weakness,
[00:05:09] they are real worries.
[00:05:13] We have gained a new word,
[00:05:16] "cluster crisis." Speculation is being made
[00:05:20] about when this crisis, which is integrated
[00:05:23] from several sectors, will end. I don't
[00:05:27] know, nobody
[00:05:29] knows. The peculiarity of the uncertain
[00:05:33] time that has arrived may be that
[00:05:36] crisis and normal situations are no longer distinguishable
[00:05:39] in the same way. The power of the majority. "One should not
[00:05:43] start to deepen societal divides until they
[00:05:47] are truly insurmountable.
[00:05:50] One thing is to remain in the minority, another
[00:05:53] thing is to feel that the views represented
[00:05:56] by the opposition are not even
[00:05:59] worth discussing or taking seriously.
[00:06:03] This is one reason why, in my opinion, the government cannot
[00:06:06] unlimitedly use the possibility of linking the adoption
[00:06:10] of a bill in parliament
[00:06:12] with a confidence vote.
[00:06:15] The role of the Riigikogu cannot be limited to deciding whether
[00:06:18] the government is trusted.
[00:06:21] On the other hand, obstruction cannot give a veto
[00:06:24] to the minority. If the legal
[00:06:27] work of the Riigikogu gets stuck, then
[00:06:30] the opposition also has no point in striving
[00:06:33] for power. Then the state as
[00:06:36] a whole pays the price, not just some
[00:06:39] party.
[00:07:05] We are a border country of freedom, but we must not become
[00:07:09] a front-line country. Our opponents,
[00:07:12] "no matter how insane, will not dare to attack NATO
[00:07:16] territory, because they know that we will strike
[00:07:19] back harder, because our real
[00:07:22] readiness, our collective contribution,
[00:07:26] is what makes Estonia a safe place. Therefore,
[00:07:30] my message is unified, let's not think or speak
[00:07:34] ourselves weaker than we
[00:07:36] are.
[00:09:38] want to learn, and therefore perhaps we have trained
[00:09:41] too many specialists, which is
[00:09:43] tragic in a way, that you go to study for your dreams
[00:09:47] and then at some point you enter the labor market and realize
[00:09:51] that you have no value.
[00:09:54] I would like to manage my own company with such complexity.
[00:09:57] I think we would be bankrupt quite soon. The most
[00:10:01] expensive savings, tonight at Eight
[00:10:05] on Estonian
[00:10:05] Television.
[00:10:35] And good day, dear viewers of Estonian Television. We
[00:10:38] begin a live broadcast from Toompea, where in a few moments the inauguration
[00:10:42] ceremony of the President of the Republic will begin. On the square
[00:10:45] in front of Toompea Castle, for the change of presidents
[00:10:49] of the Republic, the leadership of the Defence Forces and the Defence League,
[00:10:52] the military police guard battalion,
[00:10:55] an honor company and an honor guard, and
[00:10:57] a military orchestra are lined up. It's a gloomy
[00:11:01] and wet autumn day, but the flags all over Tallinn are flying quite
[00:11:04] proudly. We are about to see a historic ceremony, which
[00:11:07] last took place five years ago, when Kersti Kaljulaid
[00:11:11] handed over the baton to Alar Karis. The rule
[00:11:15] is very simple: if the same president is re-elected,
[00:11:18] ceremony again in ten years. During today's
[00:11:21] ceremony, the guard battalion's company
[00:11:25] inspection will take place twice, first by the outgoing
[00:11:28] head of state, Alar Karis, and then by the next president, Ülle
[00:11:32] Madise. We will listen to the anthem, the outgoing president
[00:11:36] will greet the honor company and shake hands with the leaders
[00:11:40] of the Defence Forces and the Defence League, after which they will proceed to the
[00:11:43] Riigikogu building, where Alar Karis will deliver his last speech
[00:11:46] of his term. The solemn
[00:11:48] signal will sound.
[00:12:16] And we see how the presidential motorcades are moving
[00:12:19] from the city center towards Toompea, specifically
[00:12:23] the cars of President Alar Karis and the elected President Ülle Madise
[00:12:26] are moving from the lower town up to Toompea
[00:12:29] and people have come to greet the presidents
[00:12:32] on the street, although there are few of them today
[00:12:35] due to the weather, but the institution of the president
[00:12:39] is very trustworthy in Estonia and the personal support
[00:12:43] for the still-serving President Alar Karis
[00:12:46] is very high. This is, by the way, a good opportunity to thank the president for his work
[00:12:50] and to give the next president the best wishes
[00:12:54] upon taking office. And indeed, the office of president is not an easy one,
[00:12:58] that's true, Mirko, by the way, academician, textile artist Anu
[00:13:01] Raud has said that being president is no walk in the park,
[00:13:05] workdays last until midnight, life is diverse
[00:13:07] from wall to wall, from a manor house in Kodukondi
[00:13:11] to the English Royal Family and on Christmas night, with the flashes of church gloves
[00:13:14] in the holy place, to the Son of God. Alar
[00:13:17] Karis's presidency will probably be characterized
[00:13:20] by three keywords: education,
[00:13:23] science and... curiosity. In numbers, this means
[00:13:27] 122 foreign visits,
[00:13:30] 42 hosted heads of state,
[00:13:34] 517 promulgated laws,
[00:13:37] nearly 700 speeches, 969
[00:13:41] decorations, and countless meetings
[00:13:44] in schools, businesses, and all regions
[00:13:47] of Estonia. But now, ladies and gentlemen, the most
[00:13:50] solemn moments of today's ceremonial
[00:13:54] ceremony are if Mirko described the ceremony earlier,
[00:13:58] what happens here, then
[00:14:00] after that, when they go to the Riigikogu, Ülle Madise will take the oath of office, the president will receive
[00:14:04] the chain of office around her neck, and the new president will also deliver her
[00:14:08] first speech before the Riigikogu. Well, Ülle Madise actually showed
[00:14:12] already when she was elected that her speeches are of strong stuff. There were
[00:14:16] both figures, direction and momentum, and
[00:14:19] in her characteristic way, there was a, well, let's say,
[00:14:23] strong demandingness, but not in a scolding
[00:14:25] tone, so perhaps it can be even
[00:14:29] more effective, but the cars are arriving here
[00:14:33] in front of the Toompea
[00:14:34] castle.
[00:14:39] The President of the Republic Alar Karis and the elected President Ülle Madise
[00:14:43] with their spouses exit the cars. The doors are opened by
[00:14:47] the conscripts of the Guard Battalion's Honor Company and
[00:14:50] the presidents move to their places, accompanied by a solemn
[00:14:53] march, under the leadership of Urmas Eigla, the Head of Protocol
[00:14:56] of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
[00:15:02] The solemn march was written by Eero Liivese, who was formerly
[00:15:05] Johannes Eduard Liinev before estonianization,
[00:15:08] for a solemn march
[00:15:11] competition in 1922.
[00:15:14] And the President of the Republic Alar Karis is the first to go
[00:15:18] to inspect the honor company,
[00:15:21] he is also accompanied by aide-de-camp Colonel.
[00:17:43] And now, the President of the Republic Alar Karis is going to inspect
[00:17:46] the honor company, and as mentioned, the two people who are
[00:17:50] by his side are, first, Rein Vaabel and
[00:17:53] the commander of the honor company, Andrei Bankratov.
[00:17:56] The president naturally greeted the military orchestra and gave a slight
[00:17:59] bow to the flag. This is the
[00:18:02] protocol and that's how it
[00:18:04] works.
[00:18:07] But for Rein Vaabel, today is also, among other things, his last
[00:18:10] working day as an aide-de-camp, and he is ending a long
[00:18:13] career. Ülle Madise's aides-de-camp are Major Tanel
[00:18:17] Tarlap and Kristian Leiman. Hello!
[00:18:21] Hello! Mr.
[00:18:24] President! Thank you for your
[00:18:27] service!
[00:18:28] Thank you!
[00:18:32] The Guard Battalion is also called the President's Guard, and its
[00:18:36] task is to. prepare police units and
[00:18:39] perform the state's representational function,
[00:18:42] conscripts also staff the President's official residence.
[00:18:45] Words of thanks from the President, naturally, and the President greets
[00:18:49] the leaders of the Defence Forces and the Defence League, Lieutenant General Andrus
[00:18:52] Meriloo, Commander of the Defence Forces, Major
[00:18:55] General Viktor Kalnitski, Deputy Commander
[00:18:57] of the Defence Forces, who has also been to Afghanistan
[00:19:00] three times, then Vahur Karus, also
[00:19:04] Major General, Chief of the General Staff, Ilmar Tamm is the Commander
[00:19:07] of the Defence League since December 2023, Major General
[00:19:11] Indrek Sirel, Division Commander,
[00:19:13] then Brigadier General Riivo Valge, Commander
[00:19:16] of the Air Force, Commodore Ivo Värk,
[00:19:19] Commander of the Navy, and then Chief Master Sergeant Andreas
[00:19:23] Rebane, Chief Master Sergeant of the Defence Forces, who took over duties from Enn Adoson
[00:19:26] and Andri Harkman is Chief Master Sergeant of the Defence League, participated
[00:19:30] in military operations in both Afghanistan and
[00:19:33] Iraq, by the way, in the Defence Forces since 1994.
[00:19:40] and rain, well, let's say it's slightly drizzling, but it's not too bad,
[00:19:43] but the presidents are now
[00:19:46] moving to Toompea Castle, where
[00:19:49] they should be greeted by the Speaker
[00:19:53] of the Riigikogu, Lauri Hussar.
[00:19:56] Alar Karis will deliver his last speech of his term
[00:20:00] in the Riigikogu in a few moments. The presidents
[00:20:03] are moving into the Riigikogu courtyard. This will be followed by Ülle Madise's oath of office. The president
[00:20:07] will be given the chain of office and then the first speech of the newly inaugurated
[00:20:11] president. The presidents are accompanied by the Head of Protocol
[00:20:14] Urmas Eigla, who then escorts Alar
[00:20:18] Karis and his wife Sirje Karis and the elected
[00:20:22] president and her husband, i.e. Ülle Madise and Lauri
[00:20:25] Madise, to the main gate and from there
[00:20:28] everyone moves to Toompea Castle
[00:20:32] accompanied by Lauri Hussar. Keep these
[00:20:35] shots on screen. We don't see two presidential couples every day, these are truly solemn and
[00:20:39] uplifting moments and now the Speaker
[00:20:42] of the Riigikogu, Lauri Hussar,
[00:20:46] greets the presidents and it is worth
[00:20:49] reminding viewers that Estonia is first and foremost a parliamentary
[00:20:52] country, so the ceremony
[00:20:54] is indeed centered on parliament, yes, and
[00:20:58] are approaching, that democracy is all in our hands,
[00:21:01] the presidents are entering the venerable Riigikogu
[00:21:04] building, then it will be a few moments
[00:21:08] until
[00:21:11] the solemn session of the Riigikogu begins,
[00:21:14] we can still follow
[00:21:15] with cameras for a bit.
[00:21:19] Also a quick comment from the Speaker
[00:21:21] of the Riigikogu, we are very efficient
[00:21:24] today.
[00:21:27] Ülle Madise, unlike Alar Karis, has
[00:21:30] a big advantage when it comes to parliament, namely that Ülle Madise
[00:21:33] has in her previous working life worked
[00:21:37] in the Estonian parliament,
[00:21:39] advising both the legal and constitutional
[00:21:43] committees. But
[00:21:47] now, dear viewers, our capable editors have
[00:21:50] done their work and we have a good opportunity to
[00:21:53] look back at President Karis's most exciting
[00:21:56] moments in office via video.
[00:22:03] 70, 71.
[00:22:07] 72. Five years ago, the Riigikogu elected
[00:22:10] Alar Karis as president in the second round, as he was the only
[00:22:13] candidate. The rector of two universities,
[00:22:16] the auditor general and the director of Ermi were known for his office.
[00:22:20] by, Mr. President, the President's
[00:22:24] attitudes and priorities are shown by his speeches. On Alar Karis's
[00:22:27] first Republic Day speech, Russia started the war
[00:22:31] in Ukraine.
[00:22:34] The war in Ukraine and security in Estonia, and also in Europe, were the same topics
[00:22:37] that the President spoke most frequently about in his anniversary
[00:22:41] and Rose Garden speeches. There were also quite a few
[00:22:45] times when the Ukrainian president
[00:22:47] and Alar Karis met.
[00:22:50] Three elections took place during this time: the Riigikogu, the European Parliament
[00:22:54] and local elections. Karis did not have unanimous support from either the coalition
[00:22:57] or the opposition. We will not back down.
[00:23:01] The list of laws alone that the president sent back
[00:23:04] to the Riigikogu is quite long. These included the Employment Contracts Act,
[00:23:08] the Military Service Act, the much-debated Church
[00:23:12] Act, as well as the Red Monuments Removal
[00:23:15] Act from public spaces and the Family Benefits Act.
[00:23:18] The reason was that these were not in compliance with the constitution
[00:23:21] or contained technical flaws due to haste. Karis was not
[00:23:25] also not happy that the government increasingly linked more laws
[00:23:28] to a confidence vote.
[00:23:31] The then Prime Minister Kaja Kallas explained that the coalition wanted
[00:23:34] to discuss, but linking it to confidence was a consequence
[00:23:37] of the opposition's obstruction in the Riigikogu.
[00:23:40] During the Eastern traffic scandal, President Karis believed that the then Prime Minister
[00:23:44] Kaja Kallas should resign. Kallas, however, asserted
[00:23:47] that she did not understand what she was guilty of. In his
[00:23:50] speeches, Karis urged politicians to engage in dialogue and listen
[00:23:54] to the people, simply because in this confusing situation a very clear message was needed. Relations between Foreign Minister
[00:23:57] Markus Tsahkna and President Alar Karis were strained for a longer
[00:24:01] period. This context also included confusion
[00:24:04] with foreign policy messages during Karis's state visit
[00:24:07] to Kazakhstan. Disagreements also arose after Karis's
[00:24:10] interviews with foreign media, where Karis said that a representative
[00:24:14] of the European Union should also participate in discussions to end the war
[00:24:18] with the USA, Ukraine, and Russia.
[00:24:20] The Foreign Minister was also annoyed by the sentence that Ukraine must decide on the possible
[00:24:24] cession of its territory to Russia at some point
[00:24:27] itself.
[00:24:30] At the same time, the president was asked if he wanted to run
[00:24:33] for a second term. Karis left the options open, and politicians
[00:24:37] thought he would run anyway.
[00:24:40] In his speech at the Victory Day parade, he said
[00:24:43] that.
[00:24:51] And it is appropriate to say hello to the listeners of Vikerraadio, today
[00:24:55] is the day of presidential change in the Republic of Estonia,
[00:24:58] which means that two cars arrived here
[00:25:01] from Kadriorg Palace, and in one car is today's
[00:25:05] president and in the other
[00:25:08] car is the next President of the Republic of Estonia,
[00:25:11] and here in the Riigikogu building
[00:25:14] their exchange will take place, and we have the opportunity
[00:25:18] to offer you fresh
[00:25:21] and immediate interviews. Our colleague Kristus is now
[00:25:24] ready,
[00:25:27] and good day, next to me here is the most
[00:25:30] senior member of the Riigikogu, Enn Eesmaa. Well Enn, a president
[00:25:34] is elected
[00:25:37] at least once every five years, sometimes even less often,
[00:25:40] how important a solemn event is this for you,
[00:25:43] so important that even when repeated, this event
[00:25:46] does not fade and...
[00:25:50] "I am in a peculiar situation, I, along with Urmas
[00:25:53] Reinsalu, are the only members of the Riigikogu in this composition
[00:25:57] who have had a direct official or professional relationship
[00:26:00] with all Estonian presidents who have been elected
[00:26:04] in re-independent Estonia. I worked in Lennart Meri's team,
[00:26:08] Urmas Reinsalu became the director of the chancellery a little
[00:26:11] later. Arnold Rüütel invited me to be his
[00:26:14] advisor, but I decided to come
[00:26:17] to the Riigikogu and all the other presidents I have
[00:26:20] already elected as a member of the Riigikogu. Is the feeling
[00:26:24] today the same as it was during Lennart's time?
[00:26:27] The country is different, the people have also changed a bit, but
[00:26:31] overall, even a person with limited
[00:26:35] imagination understands that this is an exceptionally
[00:26:38] important day. Mr. Eesmaa, what kind
[00:26:41] of President of the Republic will we get in Ülle Madise? I think that all
[00:26:45] the prerequisites are there for her to become
[00:26:49] an excellent president who will hold an
[00:26:53] honorable place in this long
[00:26:56] line. The Estonian people have decided that of the previous presidents,
[00:26:59] Leenard Meri has been the most successful. I also repeat
[00:27:03] again, the time was different,
[00:27:06] just the fact that Ms.
[00:27:09] Madise is a very great
[00:27:12] expert in Estonian constitutional law,
[00:27:15] and this already distinguishes her from other presidents, because one of her
[00:27:19] main areas of
[00:27:23] work is to ensure that everything happens
[00:27:26] according to the constitution. Thank you.
[00:27:29] There are still moments until the beginning
[00:27:33] of the solemn session Madise was elected the next President
[00:27:36] of the Republic of Estonia in the first round of the Riigikogu with 71
[00:27:40] votes, and she will be the sixth president since the restoration
[00:27:43] of independence, after Lennart Meri, Arnold Rüütel, Toomas
[00:27:47] Hendrik Ilves, Kersti Kaljulaid and Alar Karis. But
[00:27:51] now Evelin Poolamets and Kristjan
[00:27:54] Pihl are ready for an interview. And next to me is indeed
[00:27:57] Ekre representative Evelin Poolamets. Well Evelin,
[00:28:00] does the fact that many Ekre members are here today,
[00:28:04] I've even seen them celebrating in the cafe, mean that
[00:28:08] Ülle Madise is the president of all Estonian people and
[00:28:12] also represents Ekre not, Ülle Madise
[00:28:15] will have to prove that, but at the same time, when I think
[00:28:19] again that Ülle Madise has been the most
[00:28:22] competent in legal matters of all previous
[00:28:26] presidents, her election has been accompanied
[00:28:29] by the greatest legal nihilism, well. let's take, for example, her
[00:28:33] candidacy while in the office of Chancellor of Justice, and
[00:28:37] also that little bird, which was supposed to be an unfinished cross,
[00:28:41] adds a certain prejudice to her entire
[00:28:44] candidacy period. Well, Ülle
[00:28:47] Madise herself has pointed out that there is a lack of trust
[00:28:50] in the Estonian state, what do you think, where should this trust start
[00:28:54] to be built? Well, with such methods it is
[00:28:57] not possible to build, and if we look again at what
[00:29:01] Alar Karis said in his last interview, one can only
[00:29:04] sympathize with the president that he was forced to lie
[00:29:08] about Rail Baltic or how he
[00:29:11] had to remain silent, even though he would have wanted to speak, that
[00:29:15] the separation of powers is not present here
[00:29:18] and we cannot talk about trust in this
[00:29:21] matter either. And a big thank you, just a moment ago
[00:29:24] two Estonian presidents passed behind us, Alar Karis and
[00:29:28] the soon-to-be appointed Ülle Madise, so these
[00:29:31] solemn events are about to unfold before
[00:29:35] us. We are awaiting the beginning
[00:29:39] of the solemn session of the Riigikogu. I think I am not exaggerating when I say
[00:29:43] that Estonia has actually been lucky with its presidents and they have been
[00:29:46] strong, well, especially in their own time.
[00:29:50] But the results of many of their actions and decisions also resonate in today's
[00:29:53] day. But Alar Karis decided not to run for a second term,
[00:29:57] thoroughly shuffling the deck.
[00:30:00] He noted that he decided not to run for personal
[00:30:03] reasons, he had promised his family five years
[00:30:07] ago that he would only serve one term, while, for example,
[00:30:10] the newly appointed director of the presidential chancellery, Paavo Nõgene, expressed
[00:30:14] the opinion on Vikerraadio a few days ago that if Karis had wanted
[00:30:17] to become president, he would have also received the necessary support.
[00:30:21] But now everything is ready
[00:30:24] for the solemn session, speeches will be given,
[00:30:27] and Ülle Madise's oath of office will be heard,
[00:30:31] and we will also hear the anthem for the second time,
[00:30:34] but the session will be chaired by the Speaker of the Riigikogu, Lauri Husser.
[00:30:38] Esteemed Riigikogu, respected President
[00:30:42] of the Republic of Estonia Alar Karis with his spouse, respected
[00:30:45] President-elect Ülle Madise with her spouse,
[00:30:49] President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President
[00:30:52] Kersti Kaljulaid, Mr. Prime Minister,
[00:30:56] Ministers, constitutional office holders.