The E.U. is very popular in Estonia, and for very good reasons – not because Estonia has received considerable support from the E.U., but because Europe supports the values which keep small states safe in this world. Kersti Kaljulaid Read Quote
The U.S., together with trans-Atlantic allies, never recognized the occupation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union. Moscow faced pressure or retaliation every time it tried to move toward official recognition, or at least acceptance, of its claim that the Baltic states were Soviet republics. Kersti Kaljulaid Read Quote
Small nations have no time for small goals – they have to think big in order to become contributors. Kersti Kaljulaid Read Quote
We are past the stage in our relations that you come to Washington with an empty goody bag and then you go back with a bag filled with stuff. Kersti Kaljulaid Read Quote
We have every reason to put our trust in NATO and in transatlantic cooperation. Kersti Kaljulaid Read Quote
Sometimes I hear, particularly from Russia, that we simply hate Russia and don’t like to co-operate, that we are hysterical about the risks. But this is totally untrue. We would greatly benefit economically if our neighbour was a democratic, developing country. Kersti Kaljulaid Read Quote
Traditionally, nations have harnessed taxpayers to their territory by making almost all social guarantees dependent on working in one country, every day, every month, and for at least three decades. In creating free movement of people, this web has only got more complex but never disappeared. Kersti Kaljulaid Read Quote
Most new jobs created by global digital opportunities make people more independent. Fewer people will work for one company at a time or in the same country all the time. More will work remotely across borders. Kersti Kaljulaid Read Quote
Industrial jobs are disappearing, and they will continue to disappear owing to productivity gains from automation. Thus, social models that were created to fit industrial and early service economies will no longer be viable. As the industrial workforce shrinks, the social model founded on it will go, too. Kersti Kaljulaid Read Quote
