By Plenary Sessions: Helle-Moonika Helme

Total Sessions: 6

Fully Profiled: 6

2025-11-11
XV Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is analytical and critical, posing questions that point to the decline in institutional credibility and political bias. Formal language and legal terminology are employed, balancing logical argumentation (referencing conventions) with an emotional concern for justice. The tone is rather accusatory, particularly when describing the actions of the Supreme Court as a "regrettable tendency."
2025-11-10
XV Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting
The style is combative, critical, and sarcastic, utilizing ironic comparisons to describe the government's actions ("How to spend a billion," "Brezhnev's little package"). The focus is on logical critique and demanding accountability, posing repeated and pointed questions (e.g., "who and how is responsible for this!"). The speaker also employs emotional appeals, referencing the public groaning under the weight of the tax burden.
2025-11-06
XV Riigikogu, VI Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is confrontational, demanding, and critical, especially when addressing the chairman of the Constitutional Committee. Logical appeals based on the text of the constitution are used, alongside emotional accusations, labeling the opposing side's arguments a "matter of faith." The speaker uses strong language, implying that incidents occurring in Estonia would be criminal elsewhere in the world.
2025-11-05
15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The style is intensely combative, sarcastic, and emotionally charged, frequently employing irony and vivid, figurative language (e.g., "struck them in the back with the golden tax axe," "the oxygen of hope"). The speaker utilizes rhetorical questions and mocks the opposing side's arguments as mere "pearls," all with the goal of discrediting the government. The rhetoric appeals directly to public sentiment regarding injustice and governmental manipulation ("the mockery of the people and the hoodwinking of the public").
2025-11-04
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is highly aggressive, accusatory, and categorical. The speaker repeatedly employs strong accusations, such as "deceiving, misleading, and lying to the public," and refers to the minister's explanations as "meaningless sales talk." The style is logical but emotionally charged, focusing on calling into question the motives and integrity of the opposing side.
2025-11-03
The 15th Riigikogu, 6th Session, Plenary Sitting
The rhetorical style is critical, sharp, and emotionally charged, employing powerful imagery such as "living like a worm" and "a stain on the nation's honor." The speaker poses pointed rhetorical questions directed at the government, casting doubt on their intentions during the vote on support measures. Although the tone is aggressive, factual correction regarding the special pensions of the Riigikogu (Estonian Parliament) is also utilized.