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[00:00:08] I would like to expand on the saying "hard in training, easy in battle" as
[00:00:11] follows: if the training was especially harsh, there will be no
[00:00:15] battle. Our goal is peace. We could overcome
[00:00:19] the lack of ideas and monotony in our homeland with bold
[00:00:23] thoughts and dreams. One of the places where this is possible
[00:00:26] to achieve is the expert council under the president.
[00:00:30] Joint search for solutions, reflection, disputes, and humor help people from
[00:00:34] schoolchildren to academics unleash their best qualities.
[00:00:38] This is how new ideas are born. The president
[00:00:41] can acknowledge and support everyone who makes an effort so that
[00:00:45] families have housing where to raise children,
[00:00:49] so that childbirth does not lead to financial difficulties,
[00:00:52] so that credit can be obtained by those who want to build a house in
[00:00:56] rural areas. Let Estonia, as a country
[00:01:00] favorable for families with children, be an important topic in the upcoming
[00:01:04] and all subsequent elections, while no one should be cornered
[00:01:07] or forced to take a defensive
[00:01:09] stance. Instead, a positive example should show how success
[00:01:13] can be achieved. Perhaps we need a tiger's leap in
[00:01:17] the field of mental health. Yes, undoubtedly, more
[00:01:21] psychologists and psychiatrists are needed, as well as the ability
[00:01:23] to notice developmental features and take them into account. It is also
[00:01:27] necessary to relieve painful tension. useful tension that
[00:01:31] destroys people,
[00:01:33] excessive destructive rivalry, attempts to pull each
[00:01:37] other back, noise, bullying, injustice,
[00:01:40] loneliness, strong fear and anxiety, a feeling of hopelessness -
[00:01:43] all this is not an inevitable part of life. Perhaps we dare
[00:01:47] to free ourselves from these phenomena, and I will make every
[00:01:50] effort to ensure we have this courage, because why be
[00:01:54] unhappy and lose when you can be happy
[00:01:56] and win? The president can...
[00:06:24] I'll come back later.
[00:06:54] And now, already in the status of head of state, Ülle
[00:06:57] Madise walks through the corridors of parliament.
[00:07:19] and I have caught her in the parliament corridor. Fellow countrymen
[00:07:42] could take them, and such small things
[00:08:00] are what make us Estonians. And I think she wants to
[00:08:04] emphasize that very strongly. She said that
[00:08:07] maybe in such official gatherings, she
[00:08:10] does it as little as possible, and rather... it would be good in Mehikoorma,
[00:08:14] Põltsamaa, at companies,
[00:08:17] community centers, everything else. I think that is very necessary. He is saying
[00:08:20] that he considers it very important
[00:08:23] that Ülle Madise pointed out that a lot
[00:08:27] is decided not in the offices of power, but right there
[00:08:30] on the ground, among farmers, in some small
[00:08:34] regions,
[00:08:36] to glue together, to mend. I think it is very necessary. Well, Kersti Kaljulaid already spoke about
[00:08:40] a seamless society in her time.
[00:08:42] And Ülle Madise has also emphasized in her previous speeches
[00:08:46] that a small country is not a standard project, but it is
[00:08:50] tailor-made. Well, what kind of master tailor will we get
[00:08:54] then? Can you predict what her style will
[00:08:57] be and whether she will be a president who looks more inward or outward?
[00:09:00] I think more inward. I think this is also
[00:09:04] due to her previous
[00:09:06] job.
[00:10:06] The public got the impression that Alar Karis's second term
[00:10:10] was doomed because he quarreled with the Reform Party. Will Ülle Madise
[00:10:13] be a more comfortable president for you? Not at
[00:10:17] all, we were not looking for a comfortable president. I think we got a very good
[00:10:20] president for Estonia.
[00:10:24] I believe that, uh, answering our colleague's question
[00:10:27] about whether indeed
[00:10:30] the previous president's undoing was the conflict with the Reform
[00:10:33] Party. Meanwhile, once again, the
[00:10:37] honor guard has lined up in front of the parliament building. The
[00:10:54] moment Ülle Madise stepped into Toompea Castle at midday on September 2,
[00:10:57] she already had a rather long journey to becoming head of state
[00:11:01] behind her.
[00:11:03] The coalition officially discussed the presidential elections for the first time at the beginning of the
[00:11:07] year.
[00:11:13] Politicians began to talk about her in the corridors.
[00:11:16] True, in the spring and early summer, the main question was whether Alar
[00:11:20] Karis wanted to continue or not. After Victory Day,
[00:11:23] the matter became clear.
[00:13:00] We return to Toompea
[00:13:01] Castle,
[00:13:08] where the honor
[00:13:10] guard has already lined up outside.
[00:13:13] In fact, we are now about to witness the first part
[00:13:17] of the ceremony, so to speak,
[00:13:20] because at
[00:13:21] the beginning.
[00:13:58] so to speak, as was described today, that this common ground and positive
[00:14:02] emotions, that's what we need. Listen, today
[00:14:04] I'm talking about it,
[00:14:07] there was doubt in the party until the last minute. How did Ülle Madise convince you then?
[00:14:11] What convinced her? Well, Ülle is a personality, right? But as it is, I
[00:14:14] think opinions remained divided until the very end. In that sense, we
[00:14:18] don't have angels, and President Ülle Madise isn't one either. So
[00:14:21] I think let's let it remain as it was, that today. "Today
[00:14:25] is, so to speak, another day, and we don't need to look for the reasons why
[00:14:28] someone supported whom for what reasons. Lauri Laats,
[00:14:31] is Ülle Madise also a voter of the Centre Party?
[00:14:35] If we talk about, so to speak, general polls, then for a Centre Party
[00:14:39] voter,
[00:14:49] or not. The question was, if you ask why we didn't support her at first,
[00:14:52] that's why.
[00:15:30] The soldiers of the guard battalion
[00:15:33] are waiting.
[00:15:44] And very soon
[00:15:45] the
[00:15:48] presidents will leave the parliament building.
[00:16:32] It just so happened that the presidential elections turned out to be such an
[00:16:36] intrigue this autumn.
[00:16:40] Now everything has been resolved. The next
[00:16:43] intrigue will await us already during the parliamentary
[00:16:46] elections.
[00:16:56] Then it will become clear in which direction we will move
[00:16:58] further.
[00:17:16] As we could see from the footage of the last
[00:17:19] inauguration 5 years ago, President Karis was a little more
[00:17:22] fortunate because the weather was somehow warmer and
[00:17:25] sunnier.
[00:17:28] Well, since we've already started talking about Alar Karis, it's worth noting that
[00:17:31] before him there was an unwritten tradition when after
[00:17:35] parliament, presidents went to
[00:17:38] a service at church.
[00:17:41] He declared that Estonia is a secular state and refused
[00:17:44] to attend church services.
[00:18:37] expert,
[00:18:42] but she has already appointed advisors on security
[00:18:45] issues, internal policy, culture,
[00:18:49] culture, foreign affairs,
[00:18:51] communication
[00:18:55] and defense, moreover,
[00:18:58] she plans to hold meetings of the defense council
[00:19:01] more often.
[00:19:14] here they show us the square
[00:19:17] from above,
[00:19:22] by the way, at different times various proposals were made,
[00:19:26] for example, to move the ceremony to the square or other
[00:19:28] cities, nothing was
[00:19:31] changed,
[00:19:34] representatives
[00:19:36] and representatives. there have been hints that the National
[00:19:39] Defense Council
[00:19:41] will meet more frequently. So what is Ülle Madise's plan?
[00:19:45] Ülle Madise's plan is to make the National Defense Council
[00:19:49] truly
[00:19:49] work.
[00:19:56] to organize the affairs of the National Defense Council with a very
[00:19:59] experienced official,
[00:20:02] Taimar Peterkop. And until now, this national defense has been
[00:20:06] like this.
[00:20:09] a ceremonial courtly thing, as
[00:20:12] President Meri said, "I want it,
[00:20:14] I take it,
[00:20:17] I don't take it." And now the goal is that this council will
[00:20:20] deal with, in a good sense, broad-based
[00:20:23] national defense, so it will bring together
[00:20:26] in addition to,
[00:20:32] power and discuss important questions
[00:20:35] with the goal of developing broad, not only
[00:20:39] military, national defense and to see
[00:20:43] how and if it is necessary
[00:20:45] to improve.
[00:20:50] silos and stack them together into a proper
[00:20:53] fortress. Raimond, is there no danger here that the president
[00:20:57] will take too
[00:20:58] much?
[00:21:02] There is no such danger, because the constitution does not give the president
[00:21:05] any such power.
[00:21:14] People are left with headlines, and she also pointed out that behind these headlines there can often
[00:21:18] be such a political desire.
[00:22:30] has still emphasized that perhaps I should
[00:22:33] sharpen the boundaries of the presidential
[00:22:36] office a bit, and why couldn't
[00:22:39] President Madise be the one to represent Estonia at NATO
[00:22:43] summits, and the Prime Minister's task would then be
[00:22:46] the Supreme Council. What do you think of this idea? Personally,
[00:22:50] I have actually liked this idea, because
[00:22:53] if we look at it, the Estonian Prime Minister today has both domestic,
[00:22:57] economic, and all other issues concerning the internal life of the country, all
[00:23:00] European Union topics, and all NATO topics, so
[00:23:04] that is simply too much for one person, one office holder. Raimond
[00:23:07] says that too much is currently concentrated
[00:23:11] in the Prime Minister's
[00:23:12] post.
[00:23:19] certainly
[00:23:56] the motive would also be that the cooperation between the Ministry
[00:23:59] of Foreign Affairs and the President would continue
[00:24:02] flawlessly. Yes, well, the President's main weapon
[00:24:06] and means of influence is still the power of words. What is the
[00:24:09] vision in one sentence that Ülle Madise offered us
[00:24:12] today? Getting along well with each other,
[00:24:15] but I would still correct that it is not the power of words, it is also what you
[00:24:19] do.
[00:26:17] Thank you very much, esteemed Presidents, and I ask you to sign
[00:26:21] the Riigikogu's new
[00:26:24] guest book. Please, first
[00:26:27] President.
[00:26:35] now both presidents, the already
[00:26:39] former and the current
[00:26:41] one, will leave entries in the parliament's guest book.
[00:27:16] The book
[00:27:17] is signed,
[00:27:26] and the spouses of the presidents
[00:27:27] also
[00:27:31] leave their entry.
[00:27:42] and Lauri Madise,
[00:27:45] the spouse of the new
[00:27:47] president,
[00:27:52] also leaves an
[00:27:53] entry,
[00:27:58] and now in the White Hall, it will be done.
[00:28:26] and I come there and in front of me is the Prime Minister
[00:28:29] of the Republic of Estonia, Kristjan Michal.
[00:29:02] in any case, you can say all sorts of things, but he was still, I think,
[00:29:05] warm to people and
[00:29:08] brought people together, to put it all
[00:29:11] together, what emotions
[00:29:14] he
[00:29:16] has.
[00:29:22] In any case, the prime minister must get along well with the president to build
[00:29:26] and develop this Estonian state together. What is the main
[00:29:29] task that the new president has for the next...?
[00:30:02] substantial meaning, then also to state it honestly, certainly also
[00:30:06] to draw attention in the world, well,
[00:30:09] Estonia has carried this so-called pioneering
[00:30:12] and image in the digital field, so he will definitely also with this
[00:30:16] projects and artificial intelligence projects
[00:30:17] certainly,
[00:30:27] the election started relatively roughly, but in the end Ülle Madise was elected with 70
[00:30:30] one.
[00:30:33] also in the first round of the Riigikogu, does this mean that now
[00:30:36] the discussions about the presidential election process, even
[00:30:39] about direct elections,
[00:30:44] the fact that the president was elected on the first attempt means that
[00:30:47] talks about direct presidential elections are a process, not the
[00:30:50] result, so I, as Prime Minister, can say that
[00:30:53] I have also talked to my predecessors, who have said that this is definitely a very rough
[00:30:56] road, but nevertheless we reached it.