By Plenary Sessions: Helle-Moonika Helme
Total Sessions: 4
Fully Profiled: 4
2025-01-29
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th sitting, information briefing
The rhetoric is sharp, accusatory, and combative, employing powerful rhetorical questions to cast doubt on the government's motives. The tone expresses concern for consumers (electricity prices are skyrocketing) and directly accuses corruption (referencing plastic bags and the preferential treatment of major Reform Party donors). The speaker utilizes both logical argumentation (technical details) and emotional appeals (wasting taxpayer money).
2025-01-27
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, plenary session
The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and ironic, employing strong historical comparisons (Lysenkoism) to discredit the opponents' viewpoints. The tone is ideological and emotional, blending political prediction (a drop in support) with the expression of personal pity toward opponents who are forced to convince themselves of things that are untrue.
2025-01-22
15th Estonian Parliament, 5th session, plenary session.
The rhetorical style is highly combative, accusatory, and emotionally charged, employing sharp language such as "ridiculous [salaries]" and "a blatant robbery scheme." The speaker relies heavily on emotional appeals and a specific example—a mother of four children—to illustrate the negative impact of the taxes. The tone is formally respectful ("Mr. Chairman!"), but sharply confrontational in substance.
2025-01-22
15th Riigikogu, 5th session, information briefing
The rhetorical style is highly combative, passionate, and confrontational, employing strongly negative evaluations of the opponents' policies ("nonsensical arrangement," "abnormal," "false ideologies"). The speaker relies on emotional and ideological appeals, emphasizing that their positions are the only views held by "normally thinking" people. Direct questions are posed to the Prime Minister to demand a reassessment of the policy.