By Months: Jaak Aab

Total Months: 17

Fully Profiled: 17

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10.2025

26 Speeches

The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and persistently questioning, focusing on demanding clarity from ministers regarding funding and political decisions. The speaker relies on political facts, budget figures, and legislative details, using few emotional appeals. The style is appropriate in the Riigikogu hall, where it is used for presenting structured interpellations and subsequent questions.
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09.2025

31 Speeches

The approach used is fact-based and analytical, relying on specific figures and comparisons. The style is moderate and constructive, though it also includes sharp political commentary (criticism aimed at the Centre Party). It combines technical details with clear messaging, occasionally drawing on personal experience to reinforce the arguments. The tone is polite, yet straightforward.
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06.2025

35 Speeches

It uses a direct and confrontational style, especially when criticizing opposition forces. It relies on facts and concrete examples, often employing rhetorical questions to pressure opponents. The style is formal and argumentative, but also includes emotional elements, particularly on the topics of justice and consumer protection.
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05.2025

39 Speeches

Employs a factual and analytical approach, relying on concrete figures and legal specifics. The style is direct and critical, particularly concerning government policy, but maintains parliamentary decorum. It combines technical explanations with political accusations, using metaphors such as "the masks have fallen" and "the Luddite movement." It emphasizes the necessity of transparency and clarity in complex matters.
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04.2025

9 Speeches

Employs a fact-based and analytical approach, relying on concrete figures and statistics. The tone is critical yet constructive, aiming to find solutions to problems. Occasionally uses irony ("Kört-Pärtli särk") and issues direct challenges to opponents, but generally maintains a professional and businesslike style.
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03.2025

8 Speeches

Employs a formal, analytical style that combines fact-based arguments with emotional appeals. The tone is constructive, yet simultaneously critical of the government's inaction. Detailed explanations and concrete examples are preferred, especially regarding technical issues, while maintaining an approach that is diplomatic yet direct.
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01.2025

2 Speeches

The speaker employs a professional and informative tone, relying on facts and specific examples. He balances technical explanations with practical illustrations, such as the Narva magnet factory. The style is collaborative and consensus-oriented, utilizing phrases like "it was decided by consensus" and "it is definitely necessary."
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12.2024

12 Speeches

The style employed is factual, detailed, and formal, grounded in statistics and concrete data. The tone is calm and explanatory, concentrating on the thorough clarification of technical matters. Logical arguments are favored over emotional appeals, frequently utilizing precise figures and references to research to substantiate their viewpoints.
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11.2024

20 Speeches

It employs a moderate, evidence-based approach, often relying on specific figures and expert assessments. It strives to maintain a constructive tone even when addressing critical issues. It openly acknowledges complex situations and the necessity of compromise. Historical references and comparisons are used to bolster its arguments.
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10.2024

5 Speeches

Uses formal, argumentative rhetoric, grounded in facts and legal bases. The tone is authoritative and persuasive, particularly concerning security issues. Sharply criticizes colleagues' "circus-like" behavior regarding important matters. Balances emotional and logical arguments.
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09.2024

2 Speeches

Official and procedure-oriented style, employing the formulaic language characteristic of parliament ("Honorable Speaker! Esteemed Members of the Riigikogu!"). The approach is factual and detailed, focusing on specific procedural steps and deadlines.
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06.2024

4 Speeches

The speaker employs a formal and courteous tone, commencing speeches with traditional addresses. Their style is factual and procedure-oriented, utilizing specific dates and references to documents. They pose questions rhetorically to underscore their positions, particularly regarding the issue of nuclear energy.
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05.2024

33 Speeches

The speaker employs explanatory and fact-based rhetoric, frequently drawing on specific examples and statistics. The style is formal yet accessible, often utilizing repetition to underscore key points. Even when addressing emotionally charged subjects (such as the Moscow Patriarchate), the speaker maintains an analytical approach, though they clearly demonstrate conviction in their positions.
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04.2024

3 Speeches

The speakers typically adopt a formal and polite tone, utilizing traditional forms of address ("Esteemed Chairman," "Respected Minister"). The style is fact-based and structured, favoring concrete examples over emotional appeals. Regarding the issue of the Moscow Patriarchate, the tone is firm and decisive, yet remains diplomatic.
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03.2024

8 Speeches

They employ a moderate and evidence-based approach, relying on facts and personal experience ("I have dealt with the budget previously"). The rhetoric is defensive rather than aggressive, particularly when justifying educational expenditures. They use specific examples and statistics to back up their positions, and address colleagues and ministers directly while maintaining a respectful tone.
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02.2024

3 Speeches

The speaker employs a polite-formal tone ("Thank you, esteemed Chairman/Presiding Officer!"), but the content itself is sharply critical and fact-based. The rhetoric is logical and structured, relying on specific examples and defined time periods. Emotional elements are restrained; the emphasis is placed squarely on argumentation and facts.
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01.2024

1 Speeches

Uses a polite and constructive tone, beginning with expressions of gratitude and acknowledgement. Questions are presented analytically, relying on facts and data. The rhetoric is cooperative rather than confrontational, focusing on finding solutions.
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