By Months: Ants Frosch
Total Months: 8
Fully Profiled: 8
11.2025
2 Speeches
The style is formal and analytical, directed toward the respected minister, yet simultaneously critical and demanding. The speaker employs logical and fact-based arguments to challenge the minister's historical assertions and call for clarity. The tone is detail-oriented, underscoring the necessity of scientific inquiry.
09.2025
7 Speeches
The style is formal and repetitive, especially in the September 10th speeches, where the same question regarding political accountability and the hypothetical resignation scenario is posed in multiple ways. The tone is critical and demanding, mixing logical arguments (a historical rarity) with strong moral and ethical appeals.
06.2025
8 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, analytical, and concerned, focusing on logical arguments and highlighting concrete threats. Technical terms and international examples are employed, as well as an ironic cultural reference (Tallinnfilm's "Ideal Landscape"), to underscore the unreasonableness of administrative decisions and the scarcity of resources.
05.2025
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and respectful, directly addressing the Head and the Minister. The tone is inquisitive and neutral, focusing on obtaining information regarding the progress of the political process. The appeal is logical and fact-based, deliberately avoiding emotional expressions.
04.2025
3 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal, critical, and demanding, repeatedly posing clarifying questions to the Prime Minister. Logical argumentation is employed, highlighting a procedural discrepancy (the mismatch between criteria and the final selection) and appealing to the seriousness of the security situation. The tone is insistent and expresses deep concern regarding the reliability of the selection process.
03.2025
31 Speeches
The style is formal, procedural, and analytical, as the speaker presents the commission's report, but is simultaneously persuasive and urgent, emphasizing that "the window of opportunity is still open." Legal terminology is employed, and logical arguments (sovereignty, civil rights) are stressed. Emotional appeals are directed toward a sense of responsibility and the colleagues' sound judgment, while the opponents' "entitlement mentality" is criticized.
02.2025
12 Speeches
The rhetorical style is predominantly critical, combative, and concerned, especially regarding the functionality of democratic institutions. Both formal legal argumentation and sharp, emotional expressions are employed ("ridiculously weak," "I am embarrassed," "alarm bell"). The speaker also utilizes historical quotes (Stalin) and accuses the coalition of contempt for democracy.
01.2025
6 Speeches
The style is formal and analytical concerning economic matters, but it turns sharp and accusatory when criticizing the government, employing direct terms such as "nepotism." Ironic or flattering rhetoric is also present, for instance, referring to the Minister of Finance as "the most informed" or the Minister of Social Affairs as potentially "the most empathetic minister." The overall tone is critical and demanding, particularly regarding tax policy.