By Plenary Sessions: Kalle Grünthal

Total Sessions: 6

Fully Profiled: 6

2024-06-19
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, extra plenary sitting
The rhetorical style is highly combative and cautionary, employing extreme historical parallels by comparing the government's tax policy to Stalinist extermination policy. The speech is structured around logical constitutional argumentation, but concludes with a strong emotional and political accusation. The tone is formal, yet passionate and accusatory.
2024-06-12
15th Estonian Parliament, 3rd session, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is dramatic, cautionary, and at times confrontational, employing a lengthy narrative (Peeter Poligon and the sniper) to illustrate the inherent danger. He makes emotional appeals, linking nuclear energy directly to catastrophe and voicing concern over the potential sacrifice of Estonian land. The speaker poses direct and challenging questions to the presenter and concludes their remarks with a strong warning: that "sniper" and "Chernobyl" carry the exact same meaning.
2024-06-11
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is highly confrontational, straightforward, and informative. It uses a vivid, personal, and somewhat vulgar analogy (the example of the apartment and the chair) to illustrate the principle of sovereignty. The tone is emotional and extremely dismissive, offering a direct and rude rejection.
2024-06-05
15th Riigikogu, 3rd session, plenary sitting
The style is extremely militant, emotional, and mobilizing, employing powerful metaphors such as "neo-communism," "kulak government," and "selling one's soul to the globalists." The speaker utilizes a personal anecdote (monitoring the news in the morning) and direct rhetorical questions addressed to the public to incite resistance and mass action.
2024-06-05
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, information briefing
The rhetorical style is formal and direct, starting with a polite address ("dear colleague"). The tone is probing and procedural, raising clear factual questions regarding the Prime Minister's absence.
2024-06-03
Fifteenth Riigikogu, third session, plenary sitting.
The rhetorical style is sharp, critical, and at times provocative, employing strong emotional expressions (e.g., quoting a citizen's question: "who is that idiot"). Sarcasm and rhetorical questions are used to express skepticism (for instance, regarding the flowers given to the minister). The speaker uses direct and dramatic comparisons, such as equating the Reform Party with Putin.